Description:
Pontefract combines years of experience and research on employee engagement to create a work about the three crucial areas of purpose: individual, workplace role, and organizational. When one area is lacking, this three-legged barstool starts to wobble, and the results range from disengagement to bankruptcy.
A business leader that is committed to purpose will create purpose for his/her employees. An employee that feels his/her sense of purpose on the job will be an invaluable asset to productivity and success. An organization centered on purpose will benefit every stakeholder, from employees to society in general. This "sweet spot" of purpose creates a reciprocal relationship between all three areas, and sits at the center of Pontefract's work.
Brief description:
Dan is Chief Envisioner of TELUS Transformation Office, a future-of-work consulting group that helps organizations enhance corporate culture, leadership, purpose, learning, work styles and collaboration practices. He is a passionate leader in the leadership and social collaboration technology spaces and is uniquely skilled to ensure an organization can move from traditional cultures to healthier ways of working. A renowned speaker and author, Dan has presented at multiple TED events, writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review and The Huffington Post and has appeared on the front covers of T+D Magazine and Chief Learning Officer Magazine.
He and his wife, Denise, live in Victoria, Canada with their three young children.
You can reach Dan on Twitter (@dpontefract) or at www.danpontefract.com.
Review Quotes:
"The Purpose Effect provides a roadmap for how we can develop personal purpose in our lives, in the organizations we work for, and in our specific role within an organization. Pontefract powerfully shows why we need to pay attention to each of these in relationship to one another."
800-CEO-READ
"How do you find a personal purpose and a business purpose that are in sync, to be the driver of business success, as well as your own happiness? I just finished a new book, "The Purpose Effect," by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that. I recommend his tips for creating and maintaining that sweet spot."
Martin Zwilling, Forbes
"Advocating corporate social responsibility, The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role, and Your Organization, by Dan Pontefract, is an inspiring how-to guide that proposes a plan to move away from the all too common us-versus-them mentality toward building more collaborative and productive relationships between organizations and employees."
Foreword Reviews
"Is Pontefract's work the end of the search for engagement? Not likely, but it does move us along the journey to find meaning in our work, and that can't be a bad thing."
The Bellingham Business Journal