Today’s leaders aren’t struggling because they lack skill or commitment. They’re struggling because growth, pressure, and constant urgency have quietly disconnected performance from purpose.
The result?
High performance with low energy.
Strong leaders carrying invisible burnout.
Cultures driven by metrics, but lacking meaning.
Teams operating transactionally—getting work done, but feeling disconnected.
“Chris is a phenomenal leadership development consultant. His focus on transformational change is an inspiration for how we can work together within our organizations and communities to create significant positive impacts.”
KIM HANSON, Executive Director of Maps Community Foundation
The answer isn’t more training, better slogans, or asking leaders to do more with less.
The answer is a systematic approach that embeds PURPOSE into the structures, rhythms, and relationships that shape everyday behavior.
Chris equips audiences with the 7 Conditions of Transformation™, a framework for creating lasting change.
Choose to live and lead
Over four years, 100+ leaders committed to becoming catalysts for transformation in Salem.
They didn’t study it — they practiced it.
From that lived experience emerged this book.
Now we carry it forward.
Because transformation is not automatic.
It is chosen — again and again.
Marked by Purpose™ helps leaders slow down long enough to reconnect with why they lead—restoring clarity, presence, and trust at every level of the organization.
