Debunking the Major Myth of Engagement

by Soren Eilertsen, Ph.D. July, 2018. To understand engagement, we must first understand human development. From a business perspective, employee engagement is about productivity and outcomes. From an employee perspective, engagement is ultimately about living a full life that actualizes potential and enables individuals to display their true identity, thoughts and feelings. Can these two perspectives…

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Bringing the Human Spirit to Business Leadership

by Soren Eilertsen, Ph.D. December, 2017. When the Quest to Develop Yourself and Others Makes Good Business Sense. Traditional capitalism and its associated business practices are increasingly under pressure from a more holistic perspective that seeks to bring humanity and the human spirit to the workplace. Nearly 2,500 years ago, Socrates boldly asserted, “The unexamined life…

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When Best Practices Become a Slippery Slope

by Soren Eilertsen, Ph.D. January 26, 2017. Best practice knowledge research from within and outside an industry plays an important part in organizational learning. It provides an understanding of approaches and processes that have been validated to produce optimal results and established as standards suitable for widespread adoption. On the other hand, a best practices approach…

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Making Better Decisions

by Soren Eilertsen, Ph.D. July 28, 2015. Success on execution of business strategy is largely dependent on the degree of support by the broader leadership of the organization for the underlying strategic decisions. People support decisions when they know how the decisions were made and when they had an opportunity to provide input along the way;…

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