Book Endorsements
What leaders and scholars are saying about the book "Conversations About Calling.”
Research + Practice
Learn about the foundations of my work -- research, practice, and reflections.
BOOK
The Power of a Calling
Insights from Joseph's Journey
What does it mean to live your calling?
Explore the Meaning Behind the Movement
"Your calling is work that positively transforms you, your work, and the world around you."
Many people equate calling with career, purpose, or passion—but a true calling runs deeper. It’s the ongoing work of creating value and vitality through the way you live, lead, and serve.
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Living your calling means facing challenges with courage, navigating uncertainty with integrity, and aligning your daily actions with a deeper sense of duty, destiny, and disposition:
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Duty to uphold standards and serve
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Destiny to make a positive difference
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Disposition to sustain the journey with character strengths
As a leader, your calling is not just to produce results—it's to cultivate a culture where others can thrive in their calling as well. That’s how organizations become more than productive—they become positive forces that benefit people, communities, and society at large.
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Yet in the rush of daily demands, it’s easy to lose that connection. The good news? It can be renewed.
Through coaching, retreats, and leadership programs, I help individuals and organizations reconnect with their duty, clarify their destiny, and strengthen the disposition needed to build cultures where virtue and value thrive together.
Why calling matters to your organization​
When contemplation ignites creativity, courage, collaboration, and flourishing.
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ENGAGEMENT that enhances skills, retention, and growth.
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​ETHICAL behavior that fosters trust, collaboration, problem solving and innovation.
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​EXCELLENT quality of goods and services.
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ECONOMIC GROWTH when EVERYONE lives their calling!
When work becomes a calling, value is created with virtue. Leadership is more than achieving results—it becomes the sacred work of wisdom, fairness, and cultivating with care.
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Yet, many leaders lose the connection to their calling—distracted by demands, burnout, or shifting priorities.
The good news? It can be renewed.
Through coaching, retreats, and customized leadership programs, I help individuals and organizations: ​​
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Reconnect to a sense of duty
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Clarify their destiny
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Strengthen their disposition
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Transform culture so that virtue and value thrive together.
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​ If you’re ready to take the next steps...
SEMINARS + SOLUTIONS
Inspire People | Cultivate Leaders | Transform Culture | Elevate Society
Seminars and coaching are designed to invite reflection, spark insight, and drive actions that elevate your own and others' callings.
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Transform culture to support engagement and flourishing.
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Cultivate leaders who effectively develop and manage people.
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Energize your journey by leveraging duty, disposition and destiny.
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Achieve worthwhile goals!
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Audiences: Universal Workplace, Interfaith/No-Faith, Christian
Who We Serve
From global organizations to individual changemakers
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Corporations & Non-Profits
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Mission-driven Organizations
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Established Leaders
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Emerging Leaders
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Teams
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Professional Groups
FOR ​INDIVIDUALS...
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Professionals
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High Potential Talent
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Early & Mid-Career Workers
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People in Transition
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Young Adults
TESTIMONIALS
Why I do this work...
I became intrigued by the idea of calling while working in the corporate world. I had a great career that was aligned with my interests, valued my skills, enabled me to use them, and provided amazing growth opportunities amidst good colleagues and plentiful rewards. I felt fortunate to be paid to do my work even with "thorns and thistles" of work. But I realized that something was missing.
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That ennui led me to research what it truly means to have and live a calling. Surprisingly, that quest has taken me to graduate school, across disciplines, and around the world.
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"In the process, I've discovered ancient wisdom that speaks to the challenges our times."
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I hope that sharing those insights will encourage and equip you with tools for your journey, wherever it may lead. That is part of my calling!
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I invite you to read my academic book, "Conversations About Calling", business case, and to contact me to discover ways that you can fulfill your calling and elevate your life's work.
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Valerie
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