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The Three Pillars of Purposeful Work

There is more to work than merely completing tasks and meeting KPIs. In our fast-paced, achievement-driven society, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly matters: fulfilling our unique purpose.

Kelsey Schurer, Director of Stories and Learning, Round Table Companies

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You Are Avoiding Something—and We Know What It Is

In early childhood, we experience what are called “collision moments,” which are moments in time that push against our perception of safety and the belief that “all is right in the world.” Usually, this moment removes what we most stand for, above all else, and replaces it with what we most want to avoid.

Kelsey Schurer, Director of Stories and Learning, Round Table Companies

How to Share Your Powerful Purpose with Others

There’s no denying your purpose and its magnetic pull over your identity. And yet, once you’ve excavated such a powerful purpose for your life and work, what do you do with it?

Kelsey Schurer, Director of Stories and Learning, Round Table Companies

The Uniqueness of Purpose: How Our Stories Shape What We Stand For

Individuals have been compared to the stars, to snowflakes, to grains of sand. Our individuality is prided on our unique way of being in the world; and yet, what truly showcases the human spirit are stories. Stories about how we all fall in love; all experience death and loss, failures and triumphs—which also highlight our unique choices along the journey.

Kelsey Schurer, Director of Stories and Learning, Round Table Companies

The Methodology behind Our Courageous Culture: My Powerful Purpose

Our Courageous Culture: My Powerful Purpose (nicknamed “the purpose workshop”) is a patchwork and profound experience that stitches together storytelling, psychology, and thought leadership. Based on decades of professional expertise and hands-on experience, this workshop combines Corey Blake’s love for storytelling with central techniques in the leadership and psychology world, including the renowned Gestalt Institute and the Meisner methodology.

Kelsey Schurer, Director of Stories and Learning, Round Table Companies

Frontline Managers are Begging for Purpose—McKinsey Asks, "Can They Find It at Your Company?"

According to McKinsey, while an impressive 85 percent of upper management agree they are living out their purpose at work, an equally staggering 85 percent of frontline managers and employees disagree or are unsure that they can do the same.

Kelsey Schurer, Director of Stories and Learning, Round Table Companies

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10 Steps to Vulnerable Strength

Many people talk about vulnerability. Few are actually living it. Are you ready to take the steps to start living a more vulnerable lifestyle through storytelling?

Corey Blake, CEO Round Table Companies

Owning Your Hero’s Journey, Elevating Business by Raising Consciousness, and Connecting Personal Purpose

Corey Blake, CEO Round Table Companies

Is Your Company Culture Courageous?

To avoid disconnection turning into disengagement, resulting in lower productivity and higher churn, leaders need new ways to create employee connection—ways that inspire employees to push for more connection, not less.

Kelsey Schurer, Director of Stories and Learning, Round Table Companies

Long Before the Academy, I Heard its Call to Adventure . . .

Be the artist I seek. Corey Blake heard his call to adventure long before he accepted it. As founder and CEO of Round Table Companies, Corey tells us why he believes Round Table Storytelling Academy is his 250-year-contribution to the long arc of time.

Corey Blake, CEO Round Table Companies