Matt Poepsel, PhD is the author of Expand the Circle: Enlightened Leadership for Our New World of Work and host of the Lead the People podcast. He serves as Vice President & Godfather of Talent Optimization at The Predictive Index. He holds a PhD in Psychology, an MBA, and a Harvard Business School Certificate of Management Excellence.
Matt is a part-time faculty member at Boston College where he teaches in the areas of leadership, human resources, and business spirituality. He’s a coach to executive teams as well as a board member for the Cape Cod Human Resources Association (CCHRA). Matt is a US Marine, an Ironman triathlon finisher, and a student of Buddhist philosophy.
More people, especially those in younger demographics, want to know the businesses and companies they buy from have missions and ethics that align with their own. Workers also seek companies whose missions extend beyond making money. They also want shared values, behaviors and standards in the workplace. They want to be cared for and treated as individuals.
An enlightened workplace is possible if we’re willing to evolve our leadership.
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"Employers now are finding themselves with a workforce that is presenting these spiritual interests in a way that hasn’t been done before."
“A lot of the old institutions have fallen away, and people are expressing this need and interest in something bigger than themselves. Language around belonging and purpose and meaning has really entered the workplace.”