About the Book
Fufilled! addresses the broad issue of life fulfillment--an enduring quality that includes both daily happiness and, more important, a long-term, sustainable sense of achieving all one can be. The author defines life fulfillment as achieving your dreams and creating a lifestyle that brings exceptional happiness and inner peace.
This book addresses some of the key factors that enable you to have greater control and influence over your life--factors such as having a clear vision of the future, having a life path, being planful and resourceful, understanding your success drivers, managing today's actions to get you to tomorrow, having a personal scorecard to track your progress, and employing lessons learned from others that enable you to bypass some of life's cul-de-sacs. The author integrates the science of fulfillment and the art of fulfillment to create a comprehensive guide.
In addition to offering a set of clear steps that guide you through thinking about your own fulfillment, the book is full of stories and examples from people in many walks of life, and the lessons they can share from their own journeys. This book is not about becoming rich. It is not about becoming famous. It is not about becoming a star in your profession. It is about becoming fulfilled in all aspects of your life. This book is for anyone at any age who is willing to learn. It is never too early--or too late--to think about what makes you fulfilled. It is never too late to start becoming fulfilled.
If you are looking for a happier and more rewarding life, this book is for you. If you are a coach or mentor, this book will give you insights into helping others. And if you are a human resources or organizational leader, this book should provide insights into how you can attract, develop, optimize, and retain the best talent--talent that will connect with your organization as part of their own personal journeys to fulfillment.
About the Author :
William A. Schiemann is Principal and CEO of Metrus Group, specializing in strategic performance measurement, organizational alignment and talent optimization. Dr. Schiemann and his firm are known for their pioneering work in the creation of the People Equity (ACE) talent optimization framework, strategic performance metrics and balanced scorecards. He has consulted extensively with corporations on the development and implementation of business and people strategies; HR measurement; strategic employee surveys; internal value assessments; and creating high performance cultures. He also founded the Metrus Institute, which supports research and publications in the human capital arena. Bill is a thought leader in the human resources field, having authored scores of articles and multiple books on talent management, including The Rise of HR, co-edited with Dave Ulrich and Libby Sartain and sponsored by HRCI in 2015; Hidden Drivers of Success: Leveraging Employee Insights for Strategic Advantage, published by SHRM in 2013; The ACE Advantage: How Smart Companies Unleash Talent for Optimal Performance, published by SHRM in 2012; Reinventing Talent Management: How to Maximize Performance in the New Marketplace, published by Wiley and SHRM in 2009; and Bullseye! Hitting Your Strategic Targets Through High-Impact Measurement, published by The Free Press in 1999. In addition to publication, Dr. Schiemann is a frequent global keynote speaker and workshop facilitator for many public and private forums, including among others, the Society for Human Resource Management, Center for HR Excellence in China, Australia HR Institute, Institute of HR Management in Hong Kong. Bill has served on the Board of Directors of the HR Certification Institute and the SHRM Foundation, including Chairman of the Foundation in 2010. He is a Fellow and Scholar of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Bill received a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois, an MBA from the Stuart School at Illinois Institute of Technology, and a BS in Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Review :
"Following these wise recommendations will do much to help a person lead a rich and rewarding life. "Fulfilled! by William Schiemann boasts comprehensive goal-oriented planning designed to help one lead a rich and rewarding life. "Human resources consultant Schiemann set out with an ambitious goal: to provide a process for every individual to reach life fulfillment, which he defines as "achieving one's dreams and creating a lifestyle that brings exceptional happiness and inner peace." In Fulfilled!, Schiemann not only meets that goal, he exceeds it." - Foreword Clarion Reviews "An organizational psychologist provides tools and insights to achieving professional and personal happiness in this debut self-development guide. "Schiemann (co-author: The Rise of HR, 2015, etc.), the founder and principal of Metrus Group, says that his management consulting firm's work over 25 years has "led us to the concept of fulfillment as a critical quality" that people may achieve with "a plan that brings out the best in themselves." In this book "intended not for my academic colleagues but for practical application by readers like you," Schiemann discusses "ACE," which he sees as the guiding acronym for achieving fulfillment: one thinks about one's "Alignment" by creating life goals, pursues the "Capabilities" that one needs to achieve them, and makes choices that bring about continuous "Engagement." He then provides an array of flowcharts and tracking tools by which people may pinpoint and make progress on said life goals, including mapping out stepping stones, or "lighthouse goals," to reach larger objectives (such as doing well on the LSATs in order to get into law school and then become a lawyer). "Schiemann also shares his own personal story about struggling to focus and sketches out the life maps of both fictional and real people. The latter includes a woman who responded with passion and power to her pancreatic cancer diagnosis; she served as Schiemann's key inspiration in developing this book. In this guide, the author effectively widens the lens of HR-type planning tools to serve a larger context. His advice to take time to specifically map out one's goals, with specific targets and measures, is indeed practical, applicable advice, and it stands in contrast to the fuzzy positivity found in many happiness-oriented tomes. "Although some readers may balk at having to fill out the several trackers provided here, it's clear that such homework may be beneficial to anyone seeking to assess his or her work/life balance. Schiemann's use of life stories, including his own, also enlivens what could have been a dry, prescriptive text. "A tangible, motivational life-planning approach with useful examples." - Kirkus Reviews
