Employee Flourishing with Dr. Brent fessler
An eye-opening episode of the Be Worth Following Podcast! Dr. Brent Fessler, Principal at Integreaters, Cofounder at Kinected Coworking, shares what it looks like for leaders to prioritize the flourishing of their employees and company culture. Dr. Brent is an integrator, which means he helps organizations integrate values, purpose, organizational change, and character development. In this episode, Brent shares about an idea called trauma informed leadership, explores what it looks like to value employee flourishing, and talks about how to get company values off the walls and into the people.
Show Notes
Transcript of the episode
In this episode you’ll Hear:
Trauma-informed leadership is when leaders realize that those they lead have experienced trauma that puts them in a place where logic does not reign.
When leaders invest in employee flourishing they are raising the outcome of their people to the level of other outcomes, which communicates care and contributes to the bottom line.
Cultural development happens when core values come “off the wall” and into the people.
Things to listen for:
[01:56] - Crucibles and challenges shaped Brent’s leadership
[03:49] - Trauma informed leadership
[8:42] - When team members are unregulated and the stakes are high
[16:17] - Employee flourishing
[19:20] - Raising our people as outcomes
[25:29] - Helping people articulate their purpose and mission
[29:39] - Cultural Development
[30:25] - Character formation
[35:20] - How to measure the important things
[39:28] - Mixed method approaches to measure cultural change
[44:01] - Tim’s Take
Additional Resources
Connect with Tim on LinkedIn
Learn more about The Aperio
The Only Leaders Worth* Following
Connect with Brent on LinkedIn
The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, by Gary Chapman
The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University
Frederick Herzberg’s theory of of “hygiene” and motivation
Shared Vision, by Peter Senge
Kellogg’s Logic Model
Franklin Covey’s 4 Disciplines of Execution
About Dr. brent Fessler . . .
Brent earned his education doctorate from Baylor University, Master of Strategic Leadership from LeTourneau University, and BS in Engineering Science from Trinity University. Brent has been a Senior Research Engineer with Southwest Research Institute where he designed geolocation systems.
At Hallmark University, he integrated a culture of character development and greater purpose throughout administration and academic departments in various roles such as Institutional Effectiveness, Advancement, and President. He continues to conduct research in character formation through his professional practice at Integreaters. Brent is married to Kierstan and they have four wonderful children in San Antonio.