Future Purpose: A Unique and Personal Guide to Building Your C-Suite Career

"This book draws on a lifetime of experience in diplomacy, business education, and the corporate world. It presents a practical model which gives readers a way to organise their thoughts and to focus on the key elements for leading a purpose-driven life. The five-dimensional framework deals with issues such as building capability, dealing with context, managing the stages of a career, and clarifying one’s purpose. It is highly recommended for managers and executives as they navigate their personal and professional journeys" — Professor Karl Hofmeyr – Gordon Institute of Business Science. Unlike many books that address leadership, career management and change from an organisational perspective, this book provides individual executives with deep insights into how they can take charge of their own careers and strategic capabilities on a journey to the C-Suite and beyond. Using practical and real-life examples taken from multiple careers encompassing diplomacy, business education, executive search, senior executive coaching, conservation and Board leadership, Chris van Melle Kamp provides executives with a powerful Five Dimensions framework designed to guide and shape their route to the C-Suite and beyond. Insights from this book will empower you This profoundly holistic view of executive career development and the inevitable transitions that people experience sets this book apart from any others in its genre. It takes the reader on a unique and deeply researched journey of discovery that points to the key building blocks required to develop knowledge, experience, strategic capability, and critical thinking skills to lead at a strategic level. The book celebrates the curiosity that resides in all of us, but also leads with powerful themes of renewal and the pursuit of meaningfulness. Central to this book are the aspects of purpose and meaning, and their importance in guiding us towards achieving our goals and dreams. The theme of renewal plays out in what Chris presents as the emergence of massive changes sweeping through every aspect of the global social, economic, environmental, and political landscape. It is a time for business leaders to take the helm, drive positive change, and look after our mother earth. From these changes, he argues, will flow a myriad of opportunities for new careers, new ways of earning a living, and significant opportunities to develop ourselves and our societies. Although the book focusses on business executives it is appropriate reading for anyone who wants to develop or change their career, no matter what sector.