Nicholas Pearce, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Organization, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Founder and CEO, The Vocati Group, and Assistant Pastor, Apostolic Church of God, Chicago.
The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life’s Work
Some of the world’s most successful companies–Google, Disney, Starbucks–are not simply profit- driven, but purpose-driven. They identify the purpose behind why they do what they do, and then let their “why” drive what they do every day. In his first book, The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life’s Work, Nicholas Pearce, Ph.D. argues that we all should do the same: discover our “why” and commit to the journey of aligning our daily work with our life’s work. The book is organized around five key questions: 1) What is success?; 2) Who am I?; 3) Why am I here?; 4) Am I running the right race?; and 5) Am I running the race well? The Purpose Path is for people in any field who long to have more than just a job or a career, but a true vocation that allows them to “connect their soul with their role.”
NOTE: Professor Pearce spoke at two FAN events on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
Event 1: 12:00 PM, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 25 E. Pearson St., Chicago. Interview by Sacha Coupet, Associate Professor of Law and the Director of Research at the Civitas ChildLaw Center.
Event 2: 7:00 PM, Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston. Interview by Marcus Campbell, Ed.D.

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