BoldWork™ is a way of thinking, a way of taking action and a way of making a difference. BoldWork™ is ALL work when that work is aligned through purpose, excellence and accountability. BoldWork™ helps us define how we engage in the act of work while going about the challenges of a lifetime.
 
In a world of over 6 billion people, every day millions engage in the activity we have come to call work. And when we are mindful and intentional about our work, it is Bold. However, when we go about our "jobs" aimlessly, when we experience our work as stressful, monotonous, energy draining and soul-sucking - it isn't Bold.
 
Unfortunately, few people receive a paycheck for doing BoldWork™. But everyone - from astronaut to cook, coal miner to Harvard professor, airline pilot to court clerk - can choose to do BoldWork™.  BoldWork™ isn't owned by the wealthy, the academically privileged, the lucky or the fortunate. There is no collar or class in doing BoldWork™.
 
BoldWork™ belongs to the exercise of human potential and to any individual or group's desire to make a constructive and positive difference in the world. There are people who live their life/work by the philosophy of BoldWork™ without being aware of it - they've carried the values within them for so long it's a natural part of...well...being at work. Sadly, I've known people who never find their BoldWork™ and live life with that gnawing sense that something is missing, something is unfulfilled. Other people stumble upon their BoldWork™ or seek it out later in life. Ultimately, what matters isn't the timing but the drive to fulfill purpose and do BoldWork™ that burns at the very core of being human. The drive to do purposeful BoldWork™ can smolder like a fire without flame - unfulfilled - or it can find a way to combust.  Once kindled, this inner motivation is fueled by the oxygen of knowing, with surety, that the work accomplished is aligned with inner purpose, is well done and shares in a worthwhile goal.
 

The Core of BoldWork™
 
BoldWork™ has three core essentials:
 
·        Purpose
People who do BoldWork™ know that their work has purpose, both for themselves and to the world. This purpose is driven by resolve and determination. No one gives them this sense of purpose; it's created and resides in the person doing the work. The person doing the work validates the work - there's no need for external affirmation. People doing BoldWork™ align their internal compass of purpose to reflect the broader intentions of what they accomplish. BoldWork™ becomes our rich, personal story that adds definition to our life.
 
·        Excellence
People carry out BoldWork™ with distinction. The mediocre, the average, the boilerplate and the so-so have no place in BoldWork™. Every act of BoldWork™ is a signature of the person who creates it and a direct impression of their integrity and values. When we hold up a mirror to our BoldWork™...we see ourselves looking back.
 
·        Accountability
BoldWork™ is called to account for how it participates in this world. We bring purpose and excellence to our work - now, to go Bold, we must be accountable to self, to others and, ultimately, to the world upon which all systems depend. We claim BoldWork™ is Forward Work because, in the doing of BoldWork™, we all advance. No matter how small in scope, how personal in endeavor or how modest in complexity, our shared BoldWork™ carries us ALL forward.
 
In a cooperative dance of commitment, BoldWork™ participates in a world that is at work in every moment. Just stop and look around. Every living thing on this planet is at work. By choice, we join the dance in a special way through our BoldWork™ - and we never dance alone.
 
The work of our team, our new vision, mission and plan, is to help others discover, create and sustain BoldWork™ in their lives.