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Jonathan H. Westover, PhD
Founder and CEO; Chief Academic and Learning Officer at Human Capital Innovations
Orem, United States
Jonathan H. Westover, Ph.D. is a 17X best selling and award-winning author and and podcaster, is ranked # 1 HR, Innovation, Leadership, Culture, and Future of Work Global Thought Leader & Influencer (Thinkers360), is ranked in the Top 20 in Management and Organizational Culture (Global Gurus), and has been included on LeadersHum's Power List of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership. He is an entrepreneur, management consultant, teacher, and research academic based in Orem, Utah. He is the host and producer of the popular Human Capital Leadership (HCL) Podcast, Chief Academic & Learning Officer of the HCI Academy, and serves on a host of nonprofit, community, and association boards and committees and has received numerous awards for his teaching, research, and service to the community.
Current Professional Roles
Academic: Dr. Westover is a professor and chair of Organizational Leadership in the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University, Academic Director of the UVU Center for Social Impact and the UVU SIMLab, and Faculty Fellow for Ethics in Public Life (previously the Associate Director) in the Center for the Study of Ethics. Dr. Westover has been published widely in academic journals, books, and practitioner publications. He is a regular visiting faculty member in other international graduate business programs.
Consulting: Jonathan is an experienced organizational leadership, people management, and organizational development consultant and managing partner and principal at Human Capital Innovations, LLC). For two decades, he has worked to help transform organizations across the globe. He is also the producer and host of the Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast and Managing Editor of Human Capital Leadership Magazine. Previously, Jonathan was an external consultant with the firm Targeted Learning, and an internal consultant in the Human Resource Development office at Brigham Young University, in the corporate Organizational Development office at InterContinental Hotels, and in the corporate Organizational Development office at LG Electronics in Gumi, South Korea.
Thought Leadership: Jonathan is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, Non-Resident Fellow in Social and Development Policy with the Nkafu Policy Institute (part of the Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation), member of the HR Certification Institute CEO Advisory Council and past member of the board of directors, member of the Humantelligence Scientific Advisory, Board Chair and Director of the Corporate Division of the Global Listening Centre, a CIPD Academic Fellow, and an Advance HE Senior Fellow. Jonathan has been published widely and quoted as a management expert in popular and professional media locally, nationally, and abroad (such as Forbes, The Economist, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, PBS, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MarketWatch, HR.com, SHRM.org, HRCI.org, The Washington Post, and USA Today).
Highlights of Past Academic and Professional Roles and Distinctions
• Visiting Academic at Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford (2019)
• Fulbright Scholar and AMINEF Senior Scholar at Atma Jaya Catholic University in Jakarta, Indonesia (2018)
• Educational Development Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada (2018)
• Learning Innovation Research Fellow at the Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia (2017)
• Visiting Scholar at the East-West Center in Washington (2017)
• POSCO Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii (2016)
• Visiting Scholar in the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (2015)
• Fulbright Scholar at Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus (2012)
Education
Jonathan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology: Research and Analysis (with minors in management and Korean) from the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences and his Master of Public Administration degree (emphases in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology (emphases in International Political Economy and Work and Organizations) from the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah. He has also received graduate certificates in demography and higher education teaching from the University of Utah.
Vol. 3 Issue 29: The Future Of Employee Experience
Linkedln
July 15, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 28: Accessing the Unused Human Capacity in Your Organization
Linkedln
July 08, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 26: Reverse-Engineering Culture
Linkedln
June 26, 2024
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Improving Your Listening to Develop Stronger Relationships at Work
HCI
May 20, 2024
Effective listening is a crucial soft skill that impacts one's ability to build strong relationships both personally and professionally. In the modern workplace, where interactions are increasingly virtual and communication is often asynchronous, developing the ability to truly listen to colleagues and direct reports is more important than ever for managers seeking to foster engagement, trust and productivity.
HiBob Study Reveals 44% of Job Seekers Hesitate to Join Companies with Different Political Views
HCI
April 03, 2024
April 3, 2024 – New York, New York: Leading HR technology disruptor HiBob is releasing the results of its latest study, “Sociopolitics in the US Workplace,” which reveals that despite people not wanting to discuss politics at work, less will leave their jobs than in previous years. This year's findings build upon the insights gathered from a similar survey conducted in 2023. As the 2024 Presidential election approaches, the survey reveals profound insights into workplace dynamics and the challenges for leaders and HR professionals in establishing appropriate forums for discourse amidst heightened political tensions. While political discourse poses a reduced risk to retention compared to previous years, the study cautions against other threats to talent acquisition, culture, and engagement.
How AI and Algorithms are Reshaping Organizations and Transforming the Way We Work
HCI
March 26, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms have rapidly advanced over the past decade and are now infiltrating nearly every aspect of our lives and transforming entire industries. Once limited to science fiction stories, AI is increasingly woven into the fabric of our daily existence through applications ranging from internet search and social media to transportation, education, healthcare, retail, and more. This unprecedented technological transformation brings with it both tremendous opportunities and distinct challenges for organizations and their leaders.
How To Avoid And Counteract Gaslighting As A Leader
Linkedln
February 11, 2024
We’ve all been there: A leader conveys a particular negative message, a certain harmful policy or practice is put in place or shifting priorities result in moving away from what was previously discussed or agreed upon. Sometimes this happens in completely innocent ways; after all, we are all imperfect, fallible individuals, and we fall down and mess up even when we have the best of intentions. Sometimes, things are even unclear in our own mind or we simply forget.
20 Essential Steps For New Entrepreneurs Preparing A Funding Pitch
Import from forbes.com
February 06, 2024
For budding entrepreneurs, success often hinges on securing essential funding, so meticulous preparation is key when gearing up to pitch ideas to potential investors.
How To Get Employees On Board With New Workplace Policies
Import from forbes.com
February 06, 2024
Implementing these strategies can pave the way for more successful adoption by employees and an enthusiastic embrace of the new direction a company is headed.
New Year, New You: Keys To Transformative Leadership
Import from forbes.com
February 06, 2024
If being a stronger and more connected leader in 2024 is on your vision board, take the time to reflect on how you might adopt a positive, thoughtful leadership style.
Building and Maintaining Organizational Trust
HCI Blog
February 02, 2024
Trust is the foundation of any successful organization. When employees trust their leadership and each other, they can work together efficiently and pursue shared goals effectively. However, trust takes time and effort to build, yet can easily be damaged.
18 Strategies For Delivering Effective Feedback To Direct Reports
Import from forbes.com
February 02, 2024
Delivering feedback to direct reports is an essential skill for senior leaders to master that can greatly impact the overall success and morale of an organization.
Vol. 3 Issue 50: Elevating the Workplace: Strategies for Cultivating Purposeful, Inclusive, and High-Performing Organizations
Linkedln
December 09, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 49: Cultivating Community And Connection for the Hybrid Workforce
Linkedln
December 02, 2024
"Employee engagement is a critical driver of organizational success, especially today. In this insightful conversation with Jonathan Westover, a global thought leader in HR and workplace innovation, we delve into the evolution of employee engagement, the challenges organizations face today, and how data and real-world case studies can offer actionable solutions."
Vol. 3 Issue 47: Inspiring Purpose: Leading People and Unlocking Human Capacity in the Workplace
Linkedln
November 18, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 43: Workforce Evolution - Strategies for Adapting to Changing Human Capital Needs
Linkedln
October 21, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 38: Connecting And Empathizing: A Leader's Secret Strengths
Linkedln
September 16, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 37: Future-Proofing Your Leadership With Kindness and Empathy
Linkedln
September 09, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 35: The Art and Science of Organizational Leadership
Linkedln
August 26, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 24: Leveraging Technology in the Modern World of Work
LinkedIn
June 10, 2024
Welcome to Vol. 3, Issue 23, of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week's content is focused on leveraging technology in the modern world of work.
Vol. 3 Issue 17: Bridging the Generational Divide in the Workforce
LinkedIn
April 22, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 15: Human-Centered Leadership
Linkedln
April 09, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 14: Living a Healthy and Productive Life
LinkedIn
April 01, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 13: Leading with Compassion and Empathy
Linkedln
March 25, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 12: Leading In Real Time
Linkedln
March 18, 2024
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"Causes Employee Stress And Escalations: Advancing someone into leadership lacking people skills can be disastrous for team morale and productivity. Without the ability to connect with, inspire and support others, a leader may struggle to gain loyalty, trust or buy-in for initiatives from their team. Employees may feel undervalued, stressed or disconnected from the vision. Conflicts could escalate due to poor communication."
Vol. 3 Issue 10: How To Create Psychological Safety and Inspire High-Performing Teams
LinkedIn
March 04, 2024
Welcome to Vol. 3, Issue 10, of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week's content is focused on how to create psychological safety and inspire high-performing teams.
Vol. 3 Issue 8: Depoliticizing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion And Belonging Efforts In Organizations To Drive Greater Success
Linkedln
February 19, 2024
Welcome to Vol. 3, Issue 8, of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week's content is focused on depoliticizing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts in organizations to drive greater success.
Vol. 3 Issue 7: Creating and Sustaining a High-Performance Work Culture
Alchemizing Human Capital
February 12, 2024
Welcome to Vol. 3, Issue 6, of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week's content is focused on creating and sustaining a high-performance work culture.
Vol. 3 Issue 5: Prioritizing A Culture for Employee Engagement
Alchemizing Human Capital
January 29, 2024
Welcome to Vol. 3, Issue 5, of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on prioritizing a culture for employee engagement.
Vol. 3 Issue 3: How To Reduce Stress By Becoming A More Adaptable Leader
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January 15, 2024
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Vol. 3 Issue 2: Navigating Interpersonal Communications and Collaborations as a Leader
Alchemizing Human Capital
January 09, 2024
Welcome to Vol. 3, Issue 2, of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on navigating interpersonal communications and collaborations as a leader.
Vol. 2 Issue 52: Generosity Burnout - Strategies For Sustaining Engagement And Impact In Knowledge-Intensive Roles
LinkedIn
December 26, 2023
Welcome to Vol. 2 Issue 52 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on generosity burnout and strategies for sustaining engagement and impact knowledge-intensive roles.
Vol. 2 Issue 51: Designing a Dynamic and Productive Workplace
LinkedIn
December 18, 2023
Welcome to Vol. 2 Issue 51 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on designing a dynamic and productive workplace.
Tags: Business Strategy, Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion
Championing Performance: Aligning Organizational and Employee Trust, Purpose, and Well-Being
HCI Academic Press
October 03, 2024
In today's volatile world of work, high performance depends more than ever on an organization's ability to champion its people. But how can leaders foster the trust, purpose, and well-being needed to unlock discretionary effort and innovation over the long run?
Through rigorous academic research and practical case studies, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover sheds new light on this vital question. In "Championing Performance: Aligning Organizational and Employee Trust, Purpose, and Well-Being," he presents a systematic framework to help practitioners evaluate key levers for cultivating an engaged and committed workforce.
Westover draws from multiple disciplines, including organizational behavior, neuroscience, and change management. Readers will learn strategies for reducing workplace stressors while increasing autonomy, work-life integration, and leadership empathy. Compelling insights address challenges like burnout, talent retention, and navigating technological disruption with humanity.
Through an empirical yet accessible analysis, Westover offers a roadmap for organizational leaders seeking to champion both people and performance for competitive advantage in uncertain times. His scholarship makes a timely contribution to transforming people practices grounded in trust, purpose, and well-being. Practitioners in HR, L&D, and beyond will find valuable models, tools and ideas to apply for sustainable business success.
Tags: Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation
Cultivating Engagement: Mastering Inclusive Leadership, Culture Change, and Data-Informed Decision Making
HCI Academic Press
September 19, 2024
In Cultivating Engagement: Mastering Inclusive Leadership, Culture Change, and Data-Informed Decision Making, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover draws on over two decades working as both an academic researcher and culture change consultant to provide an authoritative guide for organizational leaders seeking to foster truly inclusive, innovative and high-performing work cultures.
Westover emphasizes that cultivating true employee engagement and sustainability is an ongoing journey, not a destination. It requires commitment to an inclusive leadership approach, placing empathy, compassion, continuous learning and relationships at the forefront above quick fixes or purely strategic plans. Throughout seven comprehensive sections and 29 chapters, Westover weaves themes of inclusion, well-being, talent optimization, and progress. Readers will find discussions and tools covering foundational elements of inclusive leadership, building psychologically safe and high-performing teams, understanding diverse generational characteristics and leveraging individual strengths, rethinking factors like meetings and remote work with humanity in mind, addressing pay equity and other cultural issues, equipping leaders for their own growth, and aligning data practices with holistic human experiences.
Underlying each topic is Westover's philosophy that maximizing both people and performance long-term demands systems thinking balanced with understanding diverse experiences. Managers will gain perspective through reflections on Westover's own triumphs and challenges encountered as a consultant. The book aims to spark and support positive long-term change through sharing valuable lessons, insights and real-world case studies of progress realized. With its integrated framework and translatable strategies, Cultivating Engagement provides a comprehensive blueprint for leading authentically inclusive workplace transformations.
Tags: Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation
Reinventing Leadership: People-Centered Strategies for Empowering Organizational Change
HCI Academic Press
September 07, 2024
In a world of increasing uncertainty and constant change, the ability to empower people and lead organizational transformation has never been more important. Yet many traditional leadership models are no longer effective for navigating today's complex challenges.
In Reinventing Leadership, organizational sociologist and management expert Dr. Jonathan H. Westover draws on over a decade of empirical research to propose a new people-centered framework for guiding effective change. Integrating insights from social, cognitive and industrial-organizational psychology, and other management and organizational sciences, Dr. Westover outlines a paradigm shift away from top-down directives toward distributed, empowering styles that motivate teams from within.
Through comprehensive literature reviews and in-depth company case studies, the book unpacks how today's workers truly process and respond to change initiatives. It then provides evidence-based strategies and tools leaders can apply to build resilience, foster autonomy, and inspire collective innovation across businesses undergoing disruption.
Packed with real-world examples and quantitative data, yet accessibly written for busy executives, Reinventing Leadership is an indispensable resource for any manager seeking to effectively lead their people into an uncertain future. Its research-backed insights offer a roadmap for empowering and engaging teams to successfully drive organizational reinvention.
Tags: Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation
Optimizing Organizations : Reinvention through People, Adapted Mindsets, and the Dynamics of Change
HCI Academic Press
August 26, 2024
The world of work is undergoing rapid and unprecedented change. Technological disruptions, shifting demographics, and globalization are transforming the business landscape at an exponential pace. To thrive in this new reality, organizations must evolve beyond traditional ways of operating. Adapting structures and processes is no longer enough. True reinvention requires optimizing the human factor - the people, mindsets, and dynamics that form the heart of every organization.
This is where this book comes in. In "Optimizing Organizations for Maximum Impact", I introduce a holistic framework for reinventing organizations through continuous optimization of leadership, teams, culture, environment and performance. The approaches discussed are grounded in practical strategies and evidence from high-impact companies that are successfully navigating change.
Over the course of six parts, we will explore how optimizing key organizational dimensions can drive transformation. We begin by enhancing leadership capabilities and fostering an innovative mindset. We then examine optimizing culture and collaboration, as well as managing workflows and talent. Finally, we bring these elements together to propel organizational impact.
My goal is to provide a playbook you can use right now to mobilize people, evolve mindsets and harness disruption. Optimization is a journey, not a destination. I hope the frameworks and tools in this book empower you to reinvent continuously and thrive - no matter the challenges of tomorrow. It is through people that organizations will find both meaning and maximum impact in this new era.
Tags: Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation
The Art and Science of Organizational Leadership: Building High-Performing Cultures Through People and Innovation
HCI Academic Press
August 21, 2024
The Art and Science of Organizational Leadership: Building High-Performing Cultures Through People and Innovation
The Art and Science of Organizational Leadership provides actionable frameworks to help build high-performing, resilient cultures in today’s uncertain business landscape. As globalization, technology and industry disruptions upend the status quo at an unprecedented rate, the most successful leaders cultivate flexibility to adapt.
Rather than clinging to outdated assumptions, these innovative leaders challenge norms, welcome new perspectives and continually develop the adaptive skills, mindsets and structures needed to thrive amid constant change. This book equips readers with research-backed strategies to adopt this forward-thinking approach within their own organizations.
Across six sections and 28 chapters, Dr. Westover synthesizes research and practitioner insights from the management sciences, psychology, sociology and other disciplines to holistically define the elements of organizational leadership. Topics like strategic planning, innovation, talent development and change management are explored through diverse lenses to present a comprehensive model.
Universal leadership qualities that strengthen all organizations are also examined. Themes of authenticity, empowering employees, operating trustfully, self-awareness, embracing complexity and redefining metrics beyond revenues emerge as pillars of sustainable adaptability. Truly extraordinary cultures integrate strategic vision with how human relationships and potential are nurtured.
Through case studies and profiling of high performers, the book illustrates how the most agile leaders constantly expand their understanding of cultural dynamics and shifting industry drivers. They approach problems with curiosity rather than assumptions, welcoming diverse inputs. This nimble, empathetic mindset allows rebuilding workflows collaborative as realities change on the ground.
Focus is placed not solely on risk minimization but rallying teams around meaningful missions optimizing long-term creativity, health and shared purpose. While strengths and contexts vary, certain growth-oriented practices consistently underpin leaders’ evolving dexterity to impact positive change.
Overall, this book provides a wealth of actionable takeaways to strengthen any organization’s adaptive capacities and future-proof its culture. Most importantly, it encourages continual self-reflection and learning as the sole means to successfully navigate uncertain terrain. Readers will be inspired to lead pragmatically but also think beyond perceived limits, prizing people and purpose above short-term outputs alone.
Tags: Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation
The Art and Science of Organizational Leadership : Building High-Performing Cultures Through People and Innovation
HCI Review Press
August 21, 2024
The Art and Science of Organizational Leadership provides actionable frameworks to help build high-performing, resilient cultures in today’s uncertain business landscape. As globalization, technology and industry disruptions upend the status quo at an unprecedented rate, the most successful leaders cultivate flexibility to adapt.
Rather than clinging to outdated assumptions, these innovative leaders challenge norms, welcome new perspectives and continually develop the adaptive skills, mindsets and structures needed to thrive amid constant change. This book equips readers with research-backed strategies to adopt this forward-thinking approach within their own organizations.
Across six sections and 28 chapters, Dr. Westover synthesizes research and practitioner insights from the management sciences, psychology, sociology and other disciplines to holistically define the elements of organizational leadership. Topics like strategic planning, innovation, talent development and change management are explored through diverse lenses to present a comprehensive model.
Universal leadership qualities that strengthen all organizations are also examined. Themes of authenticity, empowering employees, operating trustfully, self-awareness, embracing complexity and redefining metrics beyond revenues emerge as pillars of sustainable adaptability. Truly extraordinary cultures integrate strategic vision with how human relationships and potential are nurtured.
Through case studies and profiling of high performers, the book illustrates how the most agile leaders constantly expand their understanding of cultural dynamics and shifting industry drivers. They approach problems with curiosity rather than assumptions, welcoming diverse inputs. This nimble, empathetic mindset allows rebuilding workflows collaborative as realities change on the ground.
Focus is placed not solely on risk minimization but rallying teams around meaningful missions optimizing long-term creativity, health and shared purpose. While strengths and contexts vary, certain growth-oriented practices consistently underpin leaders’ evolving dexterity to impact positive change.
Overall, this book provides a wealth of actionable takeaways to strengthen any organization’s adaptive capacities and future-proof its culture. Most importantly, it encourages continual self-reflection and learning as the sole means to successfully navigate uncertain terrain. Readers will be inspired to lead pragmatically but also think beyond perceived limits, prizing people and purpose above short-term outputs alone.
Vol. 3 Issue 18: Discovering Who You Are As A Leader
LinkedIn
April 29, 2024
Welcome to Vol. 3, Issue 18, of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week's content is focused on discovering who you are as a leader.
Energizing Innovation: Inspiring Peak Performance through Talent, Culture, and Growth (HCI Research in Practice)
HCI Academic Press
September 27, 2023
In Energizing Innovation: Inspiring Peak Performance through Talent, Culture, and Growth, renowned organizational sociologist, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover provides a comprehensive research-backed framework to optimize and maximize organizational performance and employee performance and innovation.
With chapters spanning talent management, leadership, engagement, culture, as well as other timely topics such as hybrid work arrangements, self-managing teams, and adapting to workers' changing ambitions and more, Westover explores the latest research on attracting talent, fostering leadership skills, boosting engagement, and strengthening company culture and equips managers with strategies to attract top performers and develop teams to their fullest potential.
Westover dives deep into strategies like using AI for HR planning, developing meaningful work, turnover intention, building resilience during change, and leveraging positive psychology. Packed with real-world examples and tools, this book equips managers with evidence-based practices for developing top performers at every level. Westover delivers must-have insights on igniting extraordinary potential through people-centered approaches to innovation and growth.
Backed by rigorous evidence, Energizing Innovation delivers a complete toolkit to spark engagement, nourish empowering cultures and achieve peak results by maximizing an organization's greatest asset - its talented workforce. An essential read for any leader seeking to energize their workforce and turbocharge organizational success.
Tags: Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation
Leading for Transformation: Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Work
HCI Press
August 20, 2023
Leading for Transformation - Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Work is a groundbreaking book that serves as a compass for leaders who are navigating the ever-changing landscape of work. In this insightful and thought-provoking guide, renowned leadership expert Jonathan H. Westover, PhD, provides a roadmap for leaders to embrace the challenges and opportunities presented by the dynamic world of work.
Drawing upon extensive research and real-world examples, Dr. Westover explores the critical role of transformational leadership in driving organizational success amidst constant change. He offers practical strategies, actionable insights, and powerful frameworks that empower leaders to adapt, innovate, and thrive in an environment where the only constant is change.
From understanding the forces reshaping the workplace to developing a forward-thinking and agile mindset, this book equips leaders with the tools they need to lead their teams and organizations through transformational change. Dr. Westover delves into topics such as fostering a culture of continuous learning, embracing technology and automation, and nurturing a resilient workforce that embraces change.
Whether you are a seasoned executive, a middle manager, or an aspiring leader, Leading for Transformation - Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Work offers valuable guidance for anyone seeking to make a lasting impact in today's rapidly evolving world of work. Packed with practical advice and thought-provoking questions, this book invites leaders to reflect, challenge their assumptions, and step into their role as catalysts for positive change.
If you are ready to embrace the shifting landscape of work and lead your organization to new heights, this book is an essential resource that will inspire and empower you to become a transformational leader. Take the first step towards leading for transformation and unlock the full potential of your leadership.
Tags: Management, Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion
'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership: The Journey of Becoming a Truly Remarkable Leader
HCI Press
July 16, 2021
Early in my adult life, I learned about an Asian proverb that translates as ‘Bluer than Indigo.' If you think about the color indigo, it is a brilliant, deep and vibrant blue — what some would call the bluest of blues. To have something that is “bluer than indigo” is rare and truly remarkable.
Contrary to popular myth, there is no one-size-fits-all or cookie cutter approach to effective leadership. There is no silver bullet, no secret sauce, no go-to model that will solve all our problems. The truth is, great leaders have all had their unique strengths (and flaws) and have all had to discover and then pave their own distinctive path in their life’s journey to fulfill their leadership potential.
‘Bluer than Indigo’ Leadership will help you discover your own path and explore those ordinary, everyday actions that will help you respond to an uncertain future and produce extraordinary results for individuals, teams, and organizations.
The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership: Ordinary, Everyday Actions that Produce Extraordinary Results
HCI Press
November 20, 2020
Consider how the nature of work has shifted over the past 50 years. With increased globalization, rapid technological advancement, and a shift in economic composition, the average jobs of today look very little like the average jobs 50 years ago. What will the jobs and organizations of tomorrow look like? Moreover, what does this all mean for organizational leaders? What are the core competencies and capabilities of organizations and their leadership that are prepared for continued disruption and geo-political and socio-economic shifts? Regardless of what the future holds, increasingly leaders need to be socially-minded, data-driven, decisive, champions of talent, and disruptors of the traditional notions of leadership, teams, organizations, and work. The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership will help you to explore your own leadership competencies and capabilities and consider ways to apply and implement them into your workplace and personal life.
Shifting Trajectories in Globalization, Labor, and the Transformation of Work
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
October 01, 2018
In todays shifting global economy and the emergence of technology and service-oriented knowledge organization, requiring enhanced levels of organizational flexibility and innovation, how do we maximize the human capital potential of workers to enhance their ability to perform and add value in a hyper-intensive competitive global marketplace? What are the methods and strategies for effectively motivating employees and increasing the job satisfaction of workers? What are the important drivers of worker satisfaction? What are the important individual, organizational, and social outcomes of various job satisfaction levels? What are the individual, organizational, and societal differences in job satisfaction levels and its determinants? These are just some of the pressing questions facing the organizations of today which this volume discusses.
International Political Economy: Facing Global Challenges
Common Ground Publishing
June 15, 2018
International political economy (IPE) is an interdisciplinary field that draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably political economy, political science and economics, also sociology, history, and cultural studies. IPE ultimately is concerned with the ways in which political forces (states, institutions, individual actors, etc.) shape the systems through which economic interactions are expressed, and conversely the effect that economic interactions (including the power of collective markets and individuals acting both within and outside them) have upon political structures and outcomes. Given the rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected global landscape, a solid grasp of global systems and structures are important for an informed citizenry and competitive institutions. Within the context of complex global tensions, IPE has emerged as a balanced and interdisciplinary approach to examining and addressing the global challenges we face. This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of International Political Economy (IPE) and explores its increasingly important role within a shifting global landscape, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. This book will be informative to scholars and practitioners alike seeking to understand the wide range of influences and impacts of global affairs in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world.
Globalization and Higher Education
Common Ground Publishing
April 01, 2018
International political economy (IPE) is an interdisciplinary field that draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably political economy, political science and economics, also sociology, history, and cultural studies. IPE ultimately is concerned with the ways in which political forces (states, institutions, individual actors, etc.) shape the systems through which economic interactions are expressed, and conversely the effect that economic interactions (including the power of collective markets and individuals acting both within and outside them) have upon political structures and outcomes. Given the rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected global landscape, a solid grasp of global systems and structures are important for an informed citizenry and competitive institutions. Within the context of complex global tensions, IPE has emerged as a balanced and interdisciplinary approach to examining and addressing the global challenges we face. This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of International Political Economy (IPE) and explores its increasingly important role within a shifting global landscape, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. This book will be informative to scholars and practitioners alike seeking to understand the wide range of influences and impacts of global affairs in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world.
Strategic Sustainable Business
HCI Press
December 10, 2015
Strategic Sustainable Business provides readers with a broad overview of the core concepts of sustainability and sustainable business practice. It is intended for use in undergraduate business courses and will also be of interest to students in environmental studies, engineering, urban planning, and government. This book is not meant to exhort all business people on the path to sustainability enlightenment but to highlight some of the benefits, opportunities, and challenges associated with sustainable business practices. What distinguishes this book is that it provides a conceptual foundation to promote understanding of sustainability concepts and frameworks and also discusses real-world business examples of sustainability in action. It is believed that this is the best way to teach sustainability as it applies to the business world—a conceptual foundation with practical application. Sustainable business involves businesses operating with interest and concern for their long-term economic, environmental, and social impact. For-profit businesses focus first and foremost on their own economic bottom line, oftentimes, with a short-term perspective. However, with a sustainability perspective, businesses also consider a longer-term and broader triple bottom line that takes into account not only company profits but also environmental and social impacts. The economic, environmental, and social perspectives are increasingly interrelated and relevant for businesses. This text was compiled, edited, and adapted from multiple open source textbooks and created under a Creative Commons License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. For a free copy of the e-text, please visit HCIPress.org.
Strategic, Sustainable, and Innovative Entrepreneurship
HCI Press
September 10, 2015
This book offers students and instructors the opportunity to analyze businesses whose products and strategies are designed to offer innovative solutions to some of the twenty-first century’s most difficult societal challenges. A new generation of profitable businesses is actively engaged in clean tech, renewable energy, and financially successful product system design and supply chain strategies that attempt to meet our economic development aspirations while addressing our social and ecological challenges. This textbook offers background educational materials for instructors and students, business cases illustrating sustainability innovation, and teaching notes that enable instructors to work effectively and accelerate student learning. This text was compiled, edited, and adapted from multiple open source textbooks and created under a Creative Commons License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. For a free copy of the e-text, please visit HCIPress.org.
The Organizational and Business Ethics Imperative
Common Ground Publishing
June 05, 2015
One need only turn on the news or briefly peruse the daily headlines to see countless examples and evidences of ethical failures in all aspects of our daily lives. The impacts of these ethical missteps can be far reaching, often with everyone in society paying the price in some way. Furthermore, with an increasingly interconnected and complex globalized world, we have communication technologies that allow for the instant sharing of information, along with a citizenry hungry to consume the next big scandal. Once more, increasingly complex technological integration of previously isolated systems has created ever more complex systems that are increasingly sensitive to the surrounding environment. This can often result in a chain reaction effect of one seemingly small and isolated ethical blunder that can then have wide-ranging societal impacts. Within this increasingly complex environment, with ever more damage caused by unethical leaders in organizations of all types and sizes in all parts of the globe, never before has there existed such an imperative for strong organizational and business ethics. Additionally, not only must organizational leaders seek to "do no harm," but they must put their pragmatic ethical knowledge to work to find creative and innovative solutions to society's most perplexing challenges.
Teaching Organizational and Business Ethics
Common Ground Publishing
June 05, 2015
In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, with a seemingly endless supply of examples of corporate scandal and organizational exploitation and abuses of employees, consumers, and the environment represented daily in the media, there is an ever increasing need for our organizational leaders to be more firmly grounded in sound ethical principles and practices. Furthermore, the business students of today will be the business leaders of tomorrow and need to be adequately trained in how to deal with the complexity and the ambiguity inherent in the ethical dilemmas they will face. With the far reaching societal impacts of organizational and business ethics missteps, we need business leaders with pragmatic ethical knowledge and dispositions and sensitivities to work to find creative and innovative solutions to society's most perplexing challenges.
Strategic Organizational and Business Ethics Toolkit
HCI Press
January 18, 2015
Ethics is about determining value; it’s deciding what’s worth doing and what doesn’t matter so much. Business ethics is the way we decide what kind of career to pursue, what choices we make on the job, which companies we want to work with, and what kind of economic world we want to live in and then leave behind for those coming after. There are no perfect answers to these questions, but there’s a difference between thinking them through and winging it. Strategic Organizational and Business Ethics Toolkit provides a framework for identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical dilemmas encountered through working life. This text was compiled, edited, and adapted from multiple open source textbooks and created under a Creative Commons License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. For a free copy of the e-text, please visit HCIPress.org.
Human Capital Leadership: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Workplace Potential
Cognella Academic Publishing
December 19, 2014
"Human Capital Leadership: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Workplace Potential provides a comprehensive introduction to human resource management issues in the modern workplace.
Focused on understanding complex human behavior within a dynamic organizational context, the book covers strategic human capital leadership, globalization, and strategic IHRM to meet AACSB requirements.
Human Capital Leadership presents a wide range of introductory material, human resource management readings, management case studies, and cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. The concise and lively approach of the text engages students and helps them develop their critical thinking skills and human resource competencies, while applying core concepts to a global workplace environment.
Of special note are the supplemental resources, most of which are not typically available in academic readers. These include in-depth glossaries, a topical index, and appendices on U.S. employment and labor law.
Written for undergraduate and graduate business students, the substantive content of Human Capital Leadership makes the book a successful stand-alone text for courses in human resource management. It can also be used as a supplemental reader to standard textbooks. In addition, it is a useful resource for organizational managers, leaders, and human resource professionals seeking to understand proven practices and methods in order to maximize their human capital potential.
Jonathan H. Westover is an associate professor of management and associate director of the Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley University, specializing in international human resource management, organizational development, and community-engaged experiential learning. He is also an organizational development and performance management consultant. Professor Westover is a Fulbright Scholar and is a regularly visiting faculty member in other graduate business programs in the U.S., U.K., France, Belarus, Poland, and China. His ongoing research examines issues of globalization, labor transformations, work quality characteristics, and the determinants of job satisfaction cross-nationally.
Strategic Organizational Development and Change
HCI Press
November 05, 2014
We live in an increasingly hyper-competitive global marketplace, where firms are fighting to stay lean and flexible in an effort to satisfy increasingly diverse and specialized consumer demand around the world. Additionally, with the shifting global economy in recent decades and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organizations, how do organizations effectively drive positive change? How do organizations effectively foster a continuous learning and innovation culture, better motivate employees, and make sound organizational decisions? What can organizational leaders do to promote ongoing organizational agility that will have a measurable impact on increased firm effectiveness and employee productivity? How can organizations more successfully manage organizational knowledge to achieve strategic organizational goals and add value to all organizational stakeholders? These are just some of the pressing questions facing the organizations of today. Strategic Organizational Development and Change is a text that provides a comprehensive introduction to a broad range of organizational change topics and explores the wide sweeping impacts for the modern workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research and business cases in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. Additionally, unlike other organizational development and change texts, this book has a strong strategic management and practitioner focus. It will be informative to management students, academics and instructors, while also instructing organizational managers, leaders, and human resource development professionals of all types seeking to understand proven practices and methods to creating organizational systems and culture to promote ongoing organizational learning and innovation to drive firm effectiveness in an increasingly competitive global economy. This text was compiled, edited, and adapted from multiple open source textbooks and created under a Creative Commons License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. For a free copy of the e-text, please visit HCIPress.org.
Strategic Management Communication
HCI Press
November 01, 2014
Strategic Management Communication is a text that provides a comprehensive introduction to a broad range of Management Communication topics and explores the wide sweeping impacts for the modern firm, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research and business cases in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. Additionally, Strategic Management Communication provides a comprehensive, integrated approach to the study and application of written and oral business communication to serve student, professor, and organizational leader. Finally, unlike other Management Communication texts, this book has a strong strategic management, coupled with a focus on international management. It will be informative to management academics and instructors, while also instructing organizational leaders of all types seeking to understand proven practices and methods to drive firm effectiveness in an increasingly competitive global economy. This text was compiled, edited, and adapted from multiple open source textbooks and created under a Creative Commons License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. For a free copy of the e-text, please visit HCIPress.org.
Vol. 2 Issue 7: Transformational Change and the Future Focused Leader
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February 13, 2023
Welcome to Vol. 2 Issue 7 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on transformational change and the future focused leader!
Vol. 2 Issue 6: Attracting, Retaining And Supporting Employees In The Modern World Of Work
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February 06, 2023
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Vol. 2 Issue 5: Leveraging Mindfulness to Improve Employee Morale and Productivity
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January 30, 2023
Welcome to Vol. 2 Issue 5 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on leveraging mindfulness to improve employee morale and productivity!
Vol. 2 Issue 4: Investing in Worker Wellness to Drive Organizational Success
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January 23, 2023
Welcome to Vol. 2 Issue 4 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on investing in worker wellness to drive organizational success!
Vol. 2 Issue 3: Leading with Consistency to Maximize Your Impact
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January 13, 2023
Welcome to Vol. 2 Issue 3 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter. This week, content is focused on leading with consistency to maximize your impact!
Vol. 2 Issue 2: Strategic People Management in the New Year
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January 09, 2023
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Vol. 2 Issue 1: Supporting Holistic Worker Well-Being In Your Organization
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January 02, 2023
Welcome to 2023 and the first issue of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter in the new year (Vol. 2 Issue 1)! This week, content is focused on supporting holistic worker well-being in your organization!
Vol. 1 Issue 51: The Shifting Global Landscape of HR and People Leadership
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December 19, 2022
Welcome to Issue 51 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter! This week, content is focused on the shifting global landscape in HR and people leadership!
Vol. 1 Issue 50: How Leaders Can Adapt to the Shifting Psychological Contract To Improve The Employee Experience
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December 12, 2022
Welcome to Issue 50 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter! This week, content is focused on how leaders can adapt to the shifting psychological contract to improve the employee experience!
Vol. 1 Issue 49: Creating and Sustaining High Performance Teams
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December 05, 2022
Welcome to Issue 49 of the Alchemizing Human Capital weekly newsletter! This week, content is focused on creating and sustaining high performance teams!