The beginning of the new year is a good time to evaluate yourself as a leader. What are you doing to bring out the best in people for peak performance?

Last week, I discussed how to determine whether or not your organization has a strong sense of purpose. So what happens next—what do you do if you’ve realized that purpose is one area where your organization is lacking?

The last time I blogged about adaptive capacity, I wrote about the importance of holistic thinking and the five elements that make up an organization—purpose, strategy, structure, culture, and talent. Today, I want to focus in on the first of those five elements: purpose.