What if You Could Make a Difference One Kid or Volunteer at a Time, Every Day?
March 4, 2015
Hosted by Alise Cortez, PhD
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What would your world look like if you managed to find work and develop a career that allowed you to authentically express your personality, draw on your best talents, and feel like you’re making a real difference to the community you live in? How would it affect your attitude about work and the effort you put into it? What kind of impact would doing this kind of work have on your personal life and how you see yourself? And how do you even find a job like that? We’ll learn the answers to these questions and many more in the conversation with Derek Smith, Vice President of Operations at the Metropolitan Fort Worth YMCA in Texas. He’ll share his early experiences with the YMCA, how he’s built a meaningful career within this well known international non profit organization, and why he feels his work matters.
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Alise Cortez, PhD
Dr. Alise Cortez is affectionately referred to as “The Anti-Undertaker” as she awakens the often otherwise “walking dead” to discover and nurture their passion, inspiration, and purpose in life and at work. She is one part Chief Purpose Officer and Management Consultant specializing in meaning and purpose, and one part Inspirational Speaker, Author, and Radio Host. Having developed her expertise within the Human Capital / Organizational Excellence industry over the last 20 years, today she is focused on enabling organizations to lead from purpose and create cultures of meaning that inspire impassioned performance, energizing engagement and fulfillment, while encouraging a devoted stay within the organization. For individuals, she also facilitates the online Catch Fire global community and various retreats to enable people hungry for a more meaningful and purposeful life to discover and create it for themselves.
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