Alaina Love is the President and COO of Purpose Linked Consulting, a leadership and team development consulting firm. She consults to large, multinational Fortune 500 firms as well as small, independent companies and hospitals, working with leaders to build passionate, high performing teams. Alaina is the developer of PLC’s groundbreaking instrument, the Passion Profiler™. Alaina is the co-author of the book, The Purpose Linked Organization, which focuses on PLC’s research on the importance of purpose and passion in creating a fulfilled and motivated workforce. She is also the author of executive workshops on purpose and passion including, Leading with Purpose™ and Renaissance Reconnections™, which are conducted at the firm’s retreat center in Virginia. In addition to a blog for the PLC website, Alaina writes a monthly column for SmartBrief on Leadership, and has been a contributing columnist to Bloomberg Businessweek, The Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review online.