Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: DEFINITION -- CHAPTER 1: Why Meaning Matters -- THE MEANING OF "MEANING" -- MEANING AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE -- PROFOUND PERFORMANCE -- MEANING AS A COMPASSIONATE ADVANTAGE -- CHAPTER 2: The Markers of Meaning -- DIRECTION -- What's the point? -- DISCOVERY -- DEVOTION -- DILIGENCE -- PART TWO : DIRECTION -- CHAPTER 3: The Potency of Purpose -- THE IMPACT OF PURPOSE -- Purpose is the Profound Why. -- THE PATH TO PURPOSE -- Step 1: Change the Equation -- Step 2: Change Your Questions -- Step 3: Put the "Me" in Meaning -- Step 4: Conduct an Inner Interview -- Step 5: Commit to Something Greater Than Yourself -- Step 6: State Your Purpose -- PURPOSE POWER-UPS -- Mission Fit -- Job Reframing -- CHAPTER 4: The Lighthouse of Legacy -- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGACY AND PURPOSE -- Legacy is the Profound What. -- THE PIVOTAL MOMENT -- THE FIVE FOOTPRINTS OF LEGACY -- Enduring Results -- Transfer of Knowledge -- Passing on Values and Life Lessons -- Relationships and Lives Serviced -- Stories Told About You -- THE FIVE-STEP FOOTPATH TO LEGACY-WORTHY RESULTS -- Step 1: Appreciate the Power of Legacy and Commit -- Step 2: Color-Code Your Work Plan -- Step 3: Choose Your Investments for Enacting a Legacy -- Step 4: Write Your Legacy Statement and Align Your Legacy Projects -- Step 5: Be Attentive to "Others-Focused" Vehicles for Legacy-Worthy Results -- PART THREE: DISCOVERY -- CHAPTER 5: Learning and Personal Growth -- THE LEARNING AND GROWTH ENVIRONMENT -- Method 1: Learn About Learning -- Method 2: Be Conducive to Learning -- Method 3: Practice Managerial Metamorphosis -- Method 4: Reimagine Their Jobs -- Method 5: Promote Learning Exchanges -- Method 6: Make the Employee's Personal Learning a Priority -- Method 7: Lean Forward to Learn -- CHAPTER 6: Meaningful Decision Making and Influence.

EMPLOYEE-CENTERED DECISION MAKING -- A METHOD FOR EMPLOYEE-CENTERED DECISION MAKING -- Step 1: Fulfill the Foundational Requirements -- Step 2: Hold a Decision Stakeholders Meeting -- Step 3: Ask for a Recommendation -- Step 4: Conduct Inquiries, Not Inquisitions -- Step 5: Debate. Decide. Commit. -- Step 6: Ensure Energy-Yielding Outcomes -- Step 7: Conduct a Decision Quality Check -- INTELLIGENT AUTONOMY -- PART FOUR: DEVOTION -- CHAPTER 7: Cultures of Consequence -- CARING -- Family Unit-Not Military Unit -- Rewards and Recognition Done Right -- Respect -- Work-Life Harmony -- Personal Well-Being -- AUTHENTICITY -- Being Where You Belong -- Being True to Yourself -- Conducting Yourself in an Authentic Manner -- TEAMWORK -- Teamwork Engenders Esprit de Corps -- Teamwork Enables Interdependence -- Teamwork Creates a Shared Learning Lab -- Teamwork Results in Meaningful Results -- WORK IN A COMMUNITY, NOT A CORPORATION -- CHAPTER 8: Meaning-Making Leadership -- TRAITS OF MEANING-MAKING LEADERS -- Have a Passion for Potential -- Emit a Caring, Connective Undercurrent -- Possess Framing Finesse -- Create an Atmosphere of Relaxed Intensity -- MEANING-MAKING MESSAGING -- SPECIALTY MEANING-MAKING MESSAGING -- MY OPEN BOOK BELIEFS -- THE BOSS (Blueprint for an Organizationally Savvy Startup) -- IN TIMES OF ADVERSITY -- CHAPTER 9: Cutting Off Corrosive Behaviors -- DESTROYING A SENSE OF CERTAINTY -- Lack of Integrity -- Indecision -- Inconsistency -- Mismanagement of Change -- Lack of Communication/Listening -- DESTROYING A SENSE OF COMPLETION -- Killing Feelings of Ownership -- Creation of Rework and Waste -- DESTROYING A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE -- DESTROYING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY -- Negativity -- Excessive Internal Competitiveness -- PART FIVE: DILIGENCE -- CHAPTER 10: A Plan to Make It Matter -- THE MEANING-MAKING MENU.

A STRUCTURED ACTION PLAN FOR MEANING-MAKING -- M2 REVIEWS -- OUR GREATEST ROLE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- FREE SAMPLE CHAPTER FROM THE ENEMY OF ENGAGEMENT BY MARK ROYAL AND TOM AGNEW.