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Why are you inspired to work with Rallyday Partners as a Strategic Jedi?
Haven’t you met them?! Their passion and commitment to doing whatever it takes to help purpose-driven organizations fulfill the promise of their purpose is inspiring, catalytic, and audacious. I’m all in!
Where do you think you can add the most value to companies as an individual and as a company? What is the secret sauce?
There’s a saying that explains the value of an anthropologist: sometimes it’s hard to read the label from inside the jar. What I try to do is get inside the hearts and minds of the people that make up the company and help them to see who they are when they’re at their best and what they’re capable of achieving together that changes the world for the better! When we get crystal clear on what a company is built to do, what their people love to do, and what the world needs them to do – we arrive at a deeply authentic and meaningful Purpose that becomes the “secret sauce” of extraordinary success.
How would you describe the best kind of client you enjoy working with?
Sincere and serious. Deeply sincere about the difference they want to make AND dead serious about doing the hard work it will take to deliver. And Silly. A good dose of silliness is always appreciated. As Herb Kelleher always used to say, “take the work seriously, but not yourself.”
What leadership skills do you admire and why?
There’s a level of self-transcendence I see in truly extraordinary leaders. They get that it’s not about them—their fame, their charisma, their glory. They seem to have a profound sense of responsibility for their people, for the wake they leave behind them in the world, and for ensuring the fulfillment of a worthy Purpose.
Why are you so passionate about people? What drives you?
For me, one of the fundamental purposes of life is to learn how to love. How do we do what we’re called to do: love one another. Every human being, every relationship, is a little love experiment—giving you the opportunity to see what your roadblocks are to love and explore how you might move thru them.
Haley Rushing
Purpose Architect
Haley Rushing is a pioneer in the field of purpose-driven business and intentional culture design. As a longtime champion of the conscious capitalism movement, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and strategic advisor, she has dedicated over twenty-five years to helping visionary leaders answer two fundamental questions: Why do we exist beyond making money? and What culture will enable us to achieve our highest ambitions?
Haley has guided some of the most high-performing, beloved organizations in the world including Southwest Airlines, BMW, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, Chipotle, John Deere, VF Corporation, and Indeed—organizations that have all created meaningful impact while generating extraordinary value for their stakeholders.
At Rallyday, Haley guides portfolio companies through two transformative processes: discovering the purpose at the heart of their business, and designing cultures that explicitly define the beliefs and behaviors necessary to fulfill that purpose and deliver on their ambitions. The result: organizations where great work gets done, people thrive, performance soars, and meaningful impact ripples outward into the world.
Haley holds a BA in Anthropology from The University of Pennsylvania, a certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution from The Wharton School of Business, and a certification in Positive Psychology from Tal Ben-Shahar’s WholeBeing Institute. She co-founded The Purpose Institute and co-authored the Wall Street Journal bestseller It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven By Purpose and contributed to The Conscious Capitalism Field Guide.
Haley Rushing is a pioneer in the field of purpose-driven business and intentional culture design. As a longtime champion of the conscious capitalism movement, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and strategic advisor, she has dedicated over twenty-five years to helping visionary leaders answer two fundamental questions: Why do we exist beyond making money? and What culture will enable us to achieve our highest ambitions?
Haley has guided some of the most high-performing, beloved organizations in the world including Southwest Airlines, BMW, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, Chipotle, John Deere, VF Corporation, and Indeed—organizations that have all created meaningful impact while generating extraordinary value for their stakeholders.
At Rallyday, Haley guides portfolio companies through two transformative processes: discovering the purpose at the heart of their business, and designing cultures that explicitly define the beliefs and behaviors necessary to fulfill that purpose and deliver on their ambitions. The result: organizations where great work gets done, people thrive, performance soars, and meaningful impact ripples outward into the world.
Haley holds a BA in Anthropology from The University of Pennsylvania, a certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution from The Wharton School of Business, and a certification in Positive Psychology from Tal Ben-Shahar’s WholeBeing Institute. She co-founded The Purpose Institute and co-authored the Wall Street Journal bestseller It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven By Purpose and contributed to The Conscious Capitalism Field Guide.
Why are you inspired to work with Rallyday Partners as a Strategic Jedi?
Haven’t you met them?! Their passion and commitment to doing whatever it takes to help purpose-driven organizations fulfill the promise of their purpose is inspiring, catalytic, and audacious. I’m all in!
Where do you think you can add the most value to companies as an individual and as a company? What is the secret sauce?
There’s a saying that explains the value of an anthropologist: sometimes it’s hard to read the label from inside the jar. What I try to do is get inside the hearts and minds of the people that make up the company and help them to see who they are when they’re at their best and what they’re capable of achieving together that changes the world for the better! When we get crystal clear on what a company is built to do, what their people love to do, and what the world needs them to do – we arrive at a deeply authentic and meaningful Purpose that becomes the “secret sauce” of extraordinary success.
How would you describe the best kind of client you enjoy working with?
Sincere and serious. Deeply sincere about the difference they want to make AND dead serious about doing the hard work it will take to deliver. And Silly. A good dose of silliness is always appreciated. As Herb Kelleher always used to say, “take the work seriously, but not yourself.”
What leadership skills do you admire and why?
There’s a level of self-transcendence I see in truly extraordinary leaders. They get that it’s not about them—their fame, their charisma, their glory. They seem to have a profound sense of responsibility for their people, for the wake they leave behind them in the world, and for ensuring the fulfillment of a worthy Purpose.
Why are you so passionate about people? What drives you?
For me, one of the fundamental purposes of life is to learn how to love. How do we do what we’re called to do: love one another. Every human being, every relationship, is a little love experiment—giving you the opportunity to see what your roadblocks are to love and explore how you might move thru them.
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