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As a serial entrepreneur, Julia Middleton posed this question to me and requested that I write this blog post. At first, it sounded like an easy assignment…but once you drill down into it, it certainly gets the grey matter working! At the outset, I completely buy into the “serve to lead model” concept (incidentally the [...]

When I started work, I was very lucky. My first boss gave me opportunities to lead small teams from a very early age – to learn some of the lessons at an age when I could simply bounce back from my mistakes – to mess up when the stakes were not high – to succeed [...]

This post is written by Isabella Betkowski, Media and Communications Officer at Common Purpose. I just stumbled upon a fab little blog “Cool things in random places“. When you are stuck in a concrete jungle like London for most of the week, remembering that there are some fantastic sights and creations out there. I think [...]

This post is written by Isabella Betkowski, Media and Communications Officer at Common Purpose. I was speaking to a friend recently about having ambitions in life, and their importance. Despite meeting numerous individuals in a whole host of situations, each one of these people did not share the same view. I believe that even if [...]

This post is written by Isabella Betkowski, Media and Communications Officer at Common Purpose. I have spent the last few days on holiday in Cornwall and found some of the places that I visited so inspirational. As a born and bred Londoner, and a city girl through and through, little trips to places like Cornwall [...]

The following blog was written by Peter Kulloi, Director, Budapesti Ingatlan in honor of Mother’s Day, which this year in the UK, falls on the 3rd April 2011. My mother was a hero. She was 24 in 1943 when she forged identity papers to help people to survive the war and in April 1944 she [...]

Common Purpose is currently in its 21st year, in which time we have met and engaged with so many leaders all over the world. In celebration of this, over the coming weeks we will be featuring blogs from 21 guest writers – a group of people who represent the diverse nature of the leaders we [...]

Below is Rosie Walford’s guest post about her experiences on Day 4 of the Dishaa event that took place in Pune, India. To start from the beginning, check out her experience of Dishaa Day 1. To learn more about the initiative visit the Dishaa website. In the final phase of Dishaa, the mood changed again. [...]

We are so full of red velvet cupcakes, strawberry cheesecake muffins, chocolate and cherry rice crispy cakes and more! In the London office of Common Purpose, we have had a cake sale in aid of Red Nose Day. Several members of our staff have baked all sorts of edible goodies, most of us are wearing [...]

The Common Purpose team in Ireland will be doing their bit for social engagement this Thursday as they commemorate the leadership skills of St Patrick. Leading way before his authority, Patrick is credited with many achievements, all of which are celebrated on the Irish national holiday of March 17th. Reluctantly out of the office on [...]