Boulder author Eric Eyle is a public speaker known for hosting stages at Colorado music festivals and speaking to companies about humanizing workplace culture. His book, “Stop Engaging Employees: Start Making Work More Human,” will be released Friday. (Provided photo)
Eric Eyle, a Boulder native who has lived most of his life in Colorado, has had an interest in workplace culture for decades, dating back to his time at General Electric in the late '90s.
GE, one of the world's largest companies at the time, sent Eyle to train its employees, but he felt empty.
“I remember the first training I was required to do when I was deployed was on time management,” Eile said. “I thought, 'They're just sending me here to get more out of me.' They just want to extract more.”
Ale quickly realized that all the data and analysis GE was collecting from training was missing a very important fact: a company is a collection of people.
“I went through several different related fields before ultimately landing on work culture, which is where I focus most of my efforts,” he said. “At the heart of the conversation about work is all about people.”
As a speaker, coach, and consultant, Ale has long focused on what he calls “human-centrism.” We often tell employers to make work “more than just a four-letter word” by truly caring about work-life balance and embracing Eir's beliefs: “Work is an inherently human activity.”
On Friday, Ale's debut book, Stop Engaging Employees: Start Making Work More Human, will be released, adding “author” to his impressive list of titles. The first draft was written in just seven days during the stressful month of November 2020 and completed last year.
“The first version of this book was, 'How can you build a great culture to be more profitable and more productive?'” Eyle said. “This version of the book is, “Here's how to create a workplace culture that values people.'' Because that's all that matters, and the rest will take care of itself. , there are many books that teach you how to be more productive.”
Ale is a public speaker and is known for hosting stages at Colorado music festivals and speaking to companies about humanizing workplace culture. He is a music journalist and critic who writes the “Steal This Track” column for the Denver Post. Now, he's excited to be known to the world as the author of a book.
“There are things you can contribute the most to, things you’re good at and things you enjoy,” he said.
“When those things come together, it's special. For me, that's what speaking and writing are,” Eir said with a smile.
Perhaps at the heart of “Stop Engaging Employees” is a representation of the “Six Es” that Ale believes are important to a workplace culture: empathize, encourage, educate, enable, empower, and include. It's a collection. You may notice that this list doesn't say anything about profits, but Eire hopes you will read his book and change the culture in any profession you join. I am.
“You can read my book as a leadership book, or you can read it as an extraordinary activism book, because it has elements of that,” he said. Real change is needed if we are to learn to care for each other. ”