Richard Leider will speak at Prospective Member Day meeting
Rotary Club of Edina is welcoming prospective members to the Thursday, Oct. 29, meeting! Those interested in our club and Rotary are welcome to attend the meeting and find out more about what we do! The program speaker for the meeting will be bestselling author Richard Leider. He will speak about "Life and Work Reimagined." Leider's books include "The Power of Purpose." Rotarian Steve Buettner will also give his classification talk at the meeting.
Best-selling author and keynote speaker Richard Leider will be the program speaker at the Thursday, Oct. 29, Rotary Club of Edina meeting. He will speak about "Life and Work Reimagined." The Oct. 29 meeting is Prospective Member Day. All Rotarians are encouraged to bring a friend or colleague interested in learning more about our club and Rotary. All prospective members will have lunch on the club at the meeting! Please make sure you sign in at the guest check-in table if you attend. We hope to see you there!
Leider, founder of Inventure—The Purpose Company, is one of America’s preeminent executive coaches. He is ranked by Forbes as one of the “Top 5” most respected executive coaches, and by the Conference Board as a “legend in coaching.”
His nine books, including three best sellers, have sold over one million copies and have been translated into 20 languages. "Repacking Your Bags" and
"The Power of Purpose" are considered classics in the personal development field. As co-author of "Life Reimagined," Leider is the Chief Curator of content for AARP’s Life Reimagined Institute.
"The Power of Purpose" are considered classics in the personal development field. As co-author of "Life Reimagined," Leider is the Chief Curator of content for AARP’s Life Reimagined Institute.
Widely viewed as a visionary and thought leader on the “power of purpose”, Leider's work is featured regularly in many media sources including, PBS public television, and NPR public radio. As a keynote speaker, he is one of a select few advisors and coaches who have been asked to work with over 100,000 leaders from over 100 organizations such as AARP, Ericsson, Mayo Clinic, MetLife, National Football League (NFL), and United Health Group discover the power of purpose.
Richard holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a National Certified Career Counselor (NCCC), and a National Certified Master Career Counselor (MCC).
As a Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing, he founded The Purpose Project. He is a Carlson Executive Fellow at the University of Minnesota School of Management and co-chairman of the Linkage/Global Institute for Leadership Development. He is a contributing author to many coaching books, including: "Coaching for Leadership," "The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching," "Executive Coaching for Results," "The Leader of the Future," and "The Organization of the Future."
Leider's work has been recognized with awards from the Bush Foundation, from which he was awarded a Bush Fellowship and the Fielding Institute’s Outstanding Scholar for Creative Longevity and Wisdom award. He was named a “Distinguished Alumni” by Gustavus Adolphus College, and to the “Hall of Fame” at Central
High School.
For 30 years, he has led Inventure Expedition walking safaris in Tanzania, East Africa, where he co-founded and is a board member of the Dorobo Fund for Tanzania. He and his wife, Sally, live on the St. Croix River outside of Minneapolis.
Rotarian Steve Buettner will also give his classification talk at the meeting.
The Rotary Club of Edina meets most Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. at the Edina Country Club. Anyone is welcome. Cost for lunch and the program is $19 for adults and $12 for children.