Topic guide
Motivation and engagement
Explore how Eric Termuende’s published services and resources address this topic. The excerpts below link to their original context so you can assess the relevance to your audience.
Compare the published material
| Source | Type | Relevant passage |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint to the Future | Service | It is that they treat structural problems as motivational ones. You cannot fix a foundation with a fresh coat of paint. When trust is… |
| Unwavering Teams | Service | Most teams aren't broken. They're good: full of capable people doing solid work. The opportunity is in the gap between good and unwavering teams,… |
| About | WebPage | His areas of expertise include leading through uncertainty, change leadership, organizational adaptability, the future of work, AI and leadership, organizational culture, trust, team performance,… |
| The Book - Rethink Work | Book | Rethink Work is available for bulk orders for conferences, leadership programs, and organizational initiatives. Packages are available that pair the book with a keynote… |
| keynotes | WebPage | Every engagement includes a pre-event discovery conversation with Eric and your team to ensure the session is genuinely customized. This is not a pre-call… |
Evidence from the source pages
Blueprint to the Future
It is that they treat structural problems as motivational ones. You cannot fix a foundation with a fresh coat of paint. When trust is architecturally low, when the lived experience of leadership does not reliably follow through, communicate honestly, or invest in people as individuals, a trust-building workshop will not fix it. When friction is structurally embedded, when approval chains, unclear ownership, and redundant processes are woven into how the organization operates, a productivity tool will not fix it. When the culture punishes experimentation, when people learn quickly that trying new things and failing is a career risk, an innovation program will not fix it.
Unwavering Teams
Most teams aren't broken. They're good: full of capable people doing solid work. The opportunity is in the gap between good and unwavering teams, and the research says that gap is enormous. Gallup estimates that if the world's workplaces matched the engagement of today's best-practice organizations, the global economy would grow by an additional $9.6 trillion, the equivalent of 9% of global GDP. That number isn't a measure of what's wrong. It's a measure of what's available: the discretionary energy, creativity, and collaboration that even strong teams have in reserve.
About
His areas of expertise include leading through uncertainty, change leadership, organizational adaptability, the future of work, AI and leadership, organizational culture, trust, team performance, employee engagement, innovation, and building resilient teams.
The Book - Rethink Work
Rethink Work is available for bulk orders for conferences, leadership programs, and organizational initiatives. Packages are available that pair the book with a keynote engagement — so your audience leaves with both the live experience and the full written architecture to take it further.
keynotes
Every engagement includes a pre-event discovery conversation with Eric and your team to ensure the session is genuinely customized. This is not a pre-call where Eric learns the name of your organization. It is a working session where he understands the specific tensions your audience is navigating and builds them into the keynote. Eric is booked most frequently for: HR and People leadership conferences, CEO and senior leadership summits, financial services and professional association events, technology and healthcare industry conferences, and large-scale team offsites.