How to Find Your Purpose: The Foundation of Leadership

Leading From the Front! · Jul 23, 2026 · 11m

Some days knock you flat enough that you forget what you're even living for. This episode is about the exercise that can bring it all back into focus.

Dr. Gary McGrath has spent decades coaching CEOs, founders, and senior executives through his company, Statarius. In this first episode of a new solo series, he breaks down his own framework, the seven steps of intentional leadership, starting with the step he believes matters most: purpose.

He traces the idea back to his years training with the Covey Leadership Center in the 1990s, where writing a personal mission statement first became part…