Bill Jensen on "What Is Your Life?s Work?" September 26, 2005

Sponsored by the Ann Arbor IT Zone and The Ann Arbor Company of Friends
Answer the Big Question of What Really Matters in Work and Life Decisions

Imagine having one of the most profound conversations in your life: ?This is what I stood for, believed in, struggled with, and accomplished. This is my life?s work, and what I want to be remembered for.? Wow! Wouldn?t it be great to experience such intense clarity! That?s what?s behind best-selling author Bill Jensen?s latest book, What Is Your Life's Work?: Answer the Big Question About What Really Matters?and Reawaken the Passion for What You Do.

Bill asked thousands of mothers and fathers and caring teammates to write letters to those they love and describe the legacy they?re leaving behind by the choices they?ve made. In this discussion, Bill will expose the raw truths we?ve all experienced, the personal frailties and mistakes we?d like to hide, as well as the proudest achievements we?d like to celebrate.

Bill will share with you what others just like you figured out:
? How to find and leverage the five distinct discoveries you will make about your life?s work
? How to deal with the daily grind and still pursue your dreams
? How to view and address the specific challenges and work-life issues faced by women, Boomers, and new graduates
?As well as sharing with you the coaching he provided to help people figure things out for themselves.

If you work, this is a must-attend event! It just might jumpstart some of the most important conversations you will ever have with those you love and care about.

About Bill Jensen

Bill Jensen is today?s foremost expert on work complexity and cutting through clutter to what really matters. He has spent over a decade studying business?s ability to design work. (Much of what he has found horrifies him.)

He is an internationally-acclaimed author and speaker with over 25 years of experience in communication and change consulting.

His first book, Simplicity, has been hailed as a ?breakthrough in the design of communication and understanding,? and was the Number 5 Leadership/Management book on Amazon in 2000. His next best-sellers were Work 2.0, and Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways to Do Less and Accomplish More. (His two Microsoft Leadership Forum events for that book were among the best-attended, highest-ranked Forum events!) His latest book, What is Your Life?s Work?, captures the intimate exchanges between mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and caring teammates, all talking about what matters at work, and in life. FISH! author Stephen Lundin calls it ?the most powerful book about life at work I have ever read.?

Bill holds degrees in Communication Design and Organizational Development. He?s CEO of The Jensen Group, whose mission is: To make it easier to get stuff done. Among the Jensen Group?s clients are Bank of America, Merck, Pfizer, Duracell, NASA, The World Bank, Walt Disney World, American Express, the US Navy SEALS, the government of Ontario, Singapore Institute of Management, Guangzhou China Development District, and the Swedish Post Office.

Bill?s personal life fantasy is to bicycle around the globe via breweries.