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Leadership The EPL Way
Leadership has been the subject of much speculation and disagreement, leading to various diverse perspectives. From these diverse perspectives it is possible to identify two dominant paradigms on leadership - the psychological perspective and the sociological perspective. In this paper, an alternative perspective on leadership is presented, called the "EPL Way". It is an integrative view of the dominant perspectives on leadership.
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Total Wellbeing: Your Eight Life Engagements
by Prof. D.P.J. Smith
The eight life engagements can be captured in The EPL Way Life Engagements House Model as illustrated below:
Figure: The EPL Way Life
Engagements House Model
What is your Total Well-Being Engagement?
Well-BEing should be seen not only as the...
Total Engagement = full personal life and work engagement
Well = healthy, good, quality, plenty, enough
BE = who one really is and want to be - one's spiritual essence!
"ing" = Constant And Never-ending Improvement (CANI - Anthony Robbins)
Therefore: Well-BEing = a continuous total personal life and work engagement
Operationalised definitions of The Eight Life Engagements
The EPL Way's integrated holistic approach finds expression in eight life engagements that can also be studied as expression of leadership competencies.
Core focus of the respective life engagements
1. Spiritual Engagement
Spiritual engagement includes:
2. Physical Engagement
Physical engagement is associated with...
3. Intellectual and Mental Engagement
One can claim intellectual and mental engagement when one...
4. Emotional Engagement
One can speak of emotional engagement when one...
5. Social Engagement
One can claim social engagement when one...
6. Vocational Engagement
Vocational or work engagement includes...
7. Financial Engagement
Financial engagement is secured when one...
8. Ecological Engagement
Ecological engagement refers to how effectively one deals with or manages...
by Prof. D.P.J. Smith
Well-BEing, as a way of life, involves an all-inclusive life engagement. Its practice encompasses EIGHT major life domains or life engagements.
INTERNAL LIFE DOMAINS
| EXTERNAL LIFE DOMAINS
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The eight life engagements can be captured in The EPL Way Life Engagements House Model as illustrated below:
Figure: The EPL Way Life
Engagements House Model
What is your Total Well-Being Engagement?
Well-BEing should be seen not only as the...
- absence of illness and disease, or the
- presence of health
Total Engagement = full personal life and work engagement
Well = healthy, good, quality, plenty, enough
BE = who one really is and want to be - one's spiritual essence!
"ing" = Constant And Never-ending Improvement (CANI - Anthony Robbins)
Therefore: Well-BEing = a continuous total personal life and work engagement
Operationalised definitions of The Eight Life Engagements
The EPL Way's integrated holistic approach finds expression in eight life engagements that can also be studied as expression of leadership competencies.
Core focus of the respective life engagements
1. Spiritual Engagement
Spiritual engagement includes:
- A state of wellbeing, life energy, quality of existence, at peace with oneself and good concord with the environment
- A sense of connectedness to one's deepest self, to other people and to all regarded as good
- A sense of meaning and purpose - giving of self for a purpose of value, having a sense of mission, finding meaning and wisdom in here-and-now difficulties, enjoying the process of growth, and having a vision of one's own potential
- Having positive expectations/hope
2. Physical Engagement
Physical engagement is associated with...
- Cardio-vascular health
- Muscle strength
- Flexibility
- Physical energy
3. Intellectual and Mental Engagement
One can claim intellectual and mental engagement when one...
- Performs up to one's intellectual capacity
- Can focus well
- Has sound judgement and reasoning
- Has a positive and constructive mindset, including a positive attitude and positive thought
- Is governed by the constructive positive side of one's temperament type
- Has a positive self-esteem
- Acts within one's locus of control
4. Emotional Engagement
One can speak of emotional engagement when one...
- Channels one's emotional energy in a positive, constructive direction
- 2 500 years ago Aristotle defined Emotional Wellbeing as being angry at the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right reason and in the right way
5. Social Engagement
One can claim social engagement when one...
- Is aware of, participate in and feel connected to self, to people and one's community
- Establishes supportive social networks
- Maintain meaningful, healthy relationships, especially with pivotal people
- Can peacefully resolve interpersonal conflicts
- Makes meaningful contributions to the welfare of pivotal people and one's community
6. Vocational Engagement
Vocational or work engagement includes...
- Job satisfaction
- Fulfilment through work
- Fair pay for the quality and expected outcome of one's work
- Work-life balance
7. Financial Engagement
Financial engagement is secured when one...
- Lives within one's financial ability
- Fulfils one's physical needs, i.e. food, shelter, safety and security
- Fulfils one's mental, emotional and rational needs in financial terms
- Manages effectively one's day-to-day and longer term financial needs
8. Ecological Engagement
Ecological engagement refers to how effectively one deals with or manages...
- Environmental impact on one's life
- One's own impact on the environment
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