Why calling matters to your organization​
Organizations don’t succeed by talent alone. They thrive when leaders and teams pursue and fulfill their callings. When callings are nurtured, organizations unlock extraordinary potential that drives performance and sustained growth. That's why investment in callings is no longer optional — it’s essential for transformative success.
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4Es
flourish when everyone pursues their callings
4Es
ENGAGEMENT that enhances individual skills, staff retention, and performance.
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​ETHICAL behavior that fosters trust, collaboration, problem solving, and innovation.
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​EXCELLENT quality of goods and services.
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ECONOMIC vitality for all.
Studies show that when work becomes a calling, we create value with virtue. Leaders focus on more than achieving results—but on working with wisdom, fairness, and cultivating talent with care. When they do, people flourish.​
Yet, many leaders lose the connection to their calling—distracted by demands, burnout, shifting priorities or cultural pressure. The good news? Your calling can be renewed.
What does it mean to live your calling?
Explore the Meaning Behind the Movement
Pursuing your calling
positively transforms you,
your work, and the world.
Many people equate calling with career, purpose, or passion—but a true calling runs deeper. It’s the ongoing work of creating value and vitality by the way that you live, lead, and serve.
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Living your calling means facing challenges with courage, navigating uncertainty with integrity, and aligning your daily actions with a deeper connection to duty, destiny, and disposition:
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Duty to uphold standards and serve
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Destiny to make a positive difference
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Disposition to sustain you throughout your journey
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As a leader, your calling is not just to produce results—it's to cultivate a culture in which others can thrive in their calling as well. That’s how organizations become more than productive—they become positive forces that benefit society.
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Yet in the rush of daily demands, it’s easy to lose that connection to calling. Through coaching, retreats, and leadership programs, I help individuals and organizations reconnect with their duty, clarify their destiny, and strengthen the disposition needed to build cultures where virtue and value thrive together.
SEMINARS + SOLUTIONS
Inspire People | Cultivate Leaders | Transform Culture | Elevate Society
Coaching and seminars and invite reflection, sparking insights, and drive actions that enhance the "four Es."
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Specialist with Spirit is ideal to energize individuals, teams, professional and new hires. Transform you culture from the bottom up.
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Calling to Leadership prepare established and emerging leaders to transform the culture so that others can live their calling.
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Audiences: Universal Workplace, Interfaith/No-Faith, Christian
Who We Serve
From global organizations to individual changemakers
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Corporations & Non-Profits
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Mission-driven Organizations
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Established Leaders
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Emerging Leaders
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Teams
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Professional Groups
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Professionals
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High Potential Talent
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Early & Mid-Career Workers
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People in Transition
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Young Adults
TESTIMONIALS
Book Endorsements
What leaders and scholars are saying about the book "Conversations About Calling.”
Research + Practice
Learn about the foundations of my work -- research, practice, and reflections.
The Power of a Calling
Insights from Joseph's Journey
Why I do this work...
I became intrigued by the idea of calling while working in the corporate world. I had a great career that was aligned with my interests, valued my skills, enabled me to use them, and provided amazing growth opportunities amidst good colleagues and plentiful rewards. I felt fortunate to be paid to do my work even with "thorns and thistles" of work. But I realized that something was missing.
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That ennui led me to research what it truly means to have and live a calling. Surprisingly, that quest has taken me to graduate school, across disciplines, and around the world.
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"In the process, I've discovered ancient wisdom about calling that speaks to the challenges our times."
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I hope that sharing those insights will encourage and equip you with tools for your journey, wherever it may lead. That is part of my calling!
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I invite you to read my academic book, "Conversations About Calling", business case, and to contact me to discover ways that you can fulfill your calling and elevate your life's work.
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Valerie
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