Welcome to HeinzSight

If you’ve landed here, you’re probably someone who thinks seriously about work — not just as a paycheck, but as a place where who you are and what you do actually connect.

That’s what this newsletter is about.

My name is Chris Heinz. I’m a writer, speaker, and leadership developer based in Charlottesville, Virginia. For nearly three years I served as Head of People & Associate Experience at Carter Myers Automotive — a top 80 automobile dealer group in Virginia with 27 locations and 1,300 associates. Before that, a career spent at the intersection of people, organizations, and what makes both come alive.

I’m a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths practitioner and a certified Highlands Ability Battery coach. I’ve spent years helping leaders and teams answer three questions that I believe sit at the heart of every fulfilling career:

• What am I good at?

• How do I think?

• Why do I work?

I call this the Career Triad — and it’s the lens through which most of what I write is filtered.

HeinzSight runs on a three-day rhythm:

Mondays I write about motivation and talent — the engine and the equipment of meaningful work. Wednesdays I write about leadership and workplace culture — practical ideas for managers and the people who lead them. Fridays I write about faith — because I believe work is one of the primary places we live out what we believe.

I’m also the author of Made To Pray, a guide to 12 types of prayer, and I speak on Work Motivations, Strengths, Highlands, talent development, and leadership to organizations and conferences.

I also serve on Trinity Fellows, a vocational program for recent college graduates. Trinity Fellows helps young men and women develop a Christian worldview on work and vocation — and start well in their first jobs out of college. It’s some of the most rewarding work I do.

If you’re new here, welcome. Start anywhere. Stay as long as you’d like.

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