Tom’s Leadership Courses

This page is sponsored by Seven Intentions graduate, William McGonagle and Barry Wilfand.

Corporate Social Responsibility Course

We have created an online course with a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and features three of the Seven Intentions in a live, 3-hour cohort-based format over several weeks. Cohorts will range from 6-12 individuals and are led by professional facilitators. This course is reflective, analytical, and creative, and participants will have time to explore the material and share personal experiences about their journey.  To learn more about this online course and explore dates and fees, please click here.

The Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership™

The full Seven Intentions Program can be customized to corporate groups and other leadership groups with specific goals and time considerations. 

The Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership™ is an experiential training program where leaders explore the Seven Intentions in a fellowship of people seeking to grow personally and professionally in the application of their own values, through ongoing gatherings, dialogue, and website conversations. Our graduates are CEOs, executive directors, entrepreneurs, executives, and people in career transition. Our goal is to enhance people’s awareness and skills in values applications at home and at work. In this way, we serve the needs of the person, the professional and the organization, thereby producing more fulfillment and productivity, and matters that are worthy.

The Seven Intentions are action-oriented verbs that serve as tools to help a person discover one’s unique gifts and destiny for meaningful and useful service. The program does not teach religion but allows for the presence of a Spirit and the guidance from a Source greater than ourselves, accessible to each of us personally.

Please fill out the inquiry form below for more information.  We are here to answer specific questions about upcoming online module dates, fees, and customization. 

The Seven Intentions

  1. CONNECT WITH GOODNESS
  2. KNOW THYSELF, BE THYSELF 
  3. ENVISION YOUR DESTINY 
  4. SEEK COUNSEL 
  5. VENTURE OUT 
  6. ASSESS 
  7. PASS IT ON
7 Intentions catalog cover
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The Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership™ was created by Tom Chappell during his journey of building Tom’s of Maine, a socially and environmentally responsible company. Tom obtained a Masters of Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School alongside his entrepreneurial journey. His book Managing Upside Down is the blueprint for the Seven Intentions Program, now part of a new company formed by Tom called Tom Helps. Through this leadership program and other Tom Helps tools, it is Tom’s hope to inspire a new understanding of one’s quest for answers to “who am I,” “what can I do that is meaningful,” and “how do I find my way.”

photo of Tom and book cover.

“VALUES grow people, who in turn, grow VALUES-CENTERED institutions.” 

Tom Chappell, CEO and Co-founder of Tom’s of Maine,
Creator of The Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership™
Owner, Tom Helps 

Testimonials

ROGER MILLIKEN, JR.

Roger is President of Baskahegan Company, a forestry company started by his grandfather in 1920 that owns and manages 100,000 acres in eastern Maine. 

“I was at a place where I was ready to turn the compost in my life. There were many places where I felt I was working out of habit rather than passion. The Seven Intentions Program offered a structure to examine how I was choosing to live my life. I signed up. 

One of the advantages of The Seven Intentions, as opposed to other models for personal growth, is that it doesn’t try simply to create a euphoric experience. Instead, it invites you to integrate what you care about into your life and work. The tools learned at the workshop are ones that people can continue to use long after the group experience is over. 

The premise of this program is that if people are doing work that they think is important, that they care about, then everyone will be happier. This will ultimately create better work. Businesses with a commitment at the top to be values-driven and to be respectful of the values of each person who works in the company would benefit from The Seven Intentions work. It is about making a bridge between one’s core values and the expression of those values in the world – that’s the key and the heart of it for me.”

GABRIELLE MELCHIONDA 

Gabrielle is President of Mad Gabs in Portland, Maine, manufacturer of lip balm and body ointments, which they sell worldwide. 

“I was told that The Seven Intentions was a workshop that would help me define where I was in my life and where I might be going. And I was really amazed at what I found there. I’ve done
writing workshops, business workshops, and conferences but I’ve never done anything like The Seven Intentions workshops. I didn’t realize the depth that it was going to take me to personally as well as professionally. 

Everyone talks about how vital it is to find the right balance between your personal life and your professional life and I couldn’t get a grasp on either. So here I was going to training, doing the first few Intentions, and identifying my gifts and what I had to give the world. I’d never had the time, made the time, or been in a place with other people that was safe enough to do that exercise. Being able to say what my goals were, to look at them on paper and talk about them with other people, was so powerful for me. 

What I think is so interesting about The Seven Intentions is that there are so many courses and workshops, counselors and advice for businesses. It’s a place where I can go to figure out how the pieces fit together. Looking back, I am able to say I sought counsel, identified my gifts, and created a new product. It all happened. It was magical.”

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