the University of Queensland Business School , we are working on a tool that will help both measure and improve how well countries are leveraging wellbeing polarities . Such a measure will inform countries as to whether they are maximizing wellbeing polarities as well as pinpoint when excessive costs are developing because of inadequate polarity leveraging . It ’ s about developing a competency for leveraging polarities , not just individual components .
Beyond Business-as-Usual : Leaders for a Wellbeing Paradigm
We are currently stuck in a paradigm which keeps us unconscious to the polarity nature of the components of wellbeing . To remain in either / or thinking and not shift to recognizing and leveraging polarities is to train leaders “ for a world that no longer exists .”
Millennials have demanded attention to all eight components of wellbeing for me to hold their attention as an audience . It ’ s not that either / or thinking must go , but to transition to a wellbeing paradigm we need to increase our both / and thinking . We are currently testing these ideas through rigorous research in Anchorage , Alaska . We believe these efforts will yield a new paradigm for a better world and offer a more satisfactory answer to that vexing endgame question : What are we doing all this for ?
Dr . Lance Newey is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland Business School , Australia . Newey is passionate about developing a new consciousness in leaders toward wellbeing by developing tools beyond business as usual .
Newey ’ s considerable track record at changing the lives of his students earned him a National Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in his home country of Australia .
The lights of his life are his wife and little boy .
Dr . Lance Newey Senior Lecturer University of Queensland Business School , Australia
L . Newey @ business . uq . edu . au www . business . uq . edu . au / staff / lance-newey
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