Quest for Presence Book 4: The Trajectories - Hardcover

Bennett, Joel: - Joel Bennett, PhD, is president of Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems (OWLS), a consulting firm that specializes in evidence--based wellness and e-learning technologies to promote organizational health and employee well-being. Dr. Bennett first delivered stress management programming in 1985, and through the efforts of over 400 resilience facilitators and coaches who have been trained in OWLS' evidence-informed curriculum as well as consulting in South Africa, Italy, and Brazil, OWLS programs have since reached over 250,000 workers across the United States and internationally. OWLS has received over $6 million in National Institutes of Health funding for workplace well-being research, and their programs have been recognized as effective by independent bodies, including the US Surgeon General's office. See https: //www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/index.htmlOWLS consults on Integral Organizational Wellness(TM) approaches that combine leadership, champion, team, and peer-to-peer strategies: nudging the true culture of health. Joel is the author of 50 peer-reviewed research articles and chapters and has authored or coauthored five books, including Heart-Centered Leadership (with Susan Steinbrecher), Raw Coping Power: From Stress to Thriving, Your Best Self at Work (with Ben Dilla), and Well-Being Champions: A Competency-Based Guidebook.Dr. Bennett has served in advisory and board roles for various organizations including Magellan Health; Aetna; the National Wellness Institute; It's Time Texas, Work Healthier Advisory Committee; the Academy of Management Division on Management and Spirituality; the Global Wellness Institute; the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans; and the State of Texas Primary Prevention Planning Committee (Preventing Sexual Violence). In 2022, Joel received the William B. Baun Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Wellness Institute for his leadership and service to the field of wellness.Joel lives in North Texas with Jan, his wife of twenty-eight years, and around the corner from his wonderful son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren, who call him "Obi." He hopes that one day, he will become a Jedi Knight or something.