Empowering & Equipping Professionals to Live, Lead, & Work With More Meaning, Purpose, & Intention

 Excel is an initiative of the Purpose & Work Institute. Leveraging insights from vocational, positive, and industrial-organizational psychology, we provide resources, tools, and training for purpose-driven professionals to live, lead, and work with more meaning, purpose, and intention.

Live, Lead, & Work With Purpose

85% of people worldwide hate their jobs and 67% of people are actively disengaged at work, but we spend over 1/3 of our life at work. Shouldn’t we make it meaningful?

Following tradition and expectations, we attend school, earn a degree, and secure a job in hopes of finding security and success and while some of us do, many of us are left wanting something deeper — purpose, fulfillment, and impact.

We fill in the gap by helping professionals, who experience the tension of climbing the corporate ladder, design a meaningful life and career. Using insights from vocational, positive, and industrial-organizational psychology, we provide resources, tools, and training for purpose-driven professionals to live, lead, and work with more meaning, purpose, and intention. Check out our courses and learn more about our personal development solutions.

FEATURED RESOURCE

We all seek purpose and meaning. From the time we are young, we ask "Why?" to help us to understand and make sense of the world around us. That search doesn't stop the older we get. It just shifts toward asking pointed questions that help us unearth personal truths that make life and work more meaningful and purposeful.

The Make It Meaningful Free Guide is designed to help you gain clarity, guidance, and direction on life's most meaningful questions like, "Who am I?," "Who do I want to be?," and "What am I called to do?" Regardless of your vocation, the Make It Meaningful Guide will help you begin the journey of personal discovery to find more meaning, purpose, and intention in both your life and work. In this guide you will learn:

  • The power of self-awareness and how you can develop more of it in your life & work

  • The four types of self-awareness and how they can hinder or advance your self-discovery journey and career

  • Researched back tips from the fields of Vocational & I-O Psychology for finding your calling and meaningful work