The Axiological Roots of Employee Engagement

Abstract

This article was written to identify a more transformative way of bringing out the best in people. Organizations have mined for years to find the golden nugget that would provide the secret to engaging the work force. Methods, practices, and systems have been developed that suggest a path to higher levels of employee engagement. Many, if not most, have fallen short over the long term. Axiology and the practice of using the HVP as a structured approach to training and development provide the next dimension to bringing out the best in people. It is my belief that the future of organizations and their ability to achieve more with less lies in their ability to help their people do more and perform in their roles more successfully. Doing more begins with knowing more about self and the world. Accomplishing this creates the sense of "I am" that is healthier, happier, more self-assured, and clearly more engaged in life and work. The excitement that surrounds an axiological approach to employee engagement lies in the fact that we can now explicitly identify where a person is positioned on the developmental ladder. Knowing this provides the knowledge of the precise learning necessary to advance to the next rung.