Erik Van Alstine
Founder of Perceptual Intelligence®, Author of the Books and Courses in the Perceptual Intelligence® Series
Erik Van Alstine is a dynamic communicator and thought leader whose mission is to promote transformation in people and organizations around the world.
More about Erik
After graduating with an engineering degree from the University of Washington, Erik started an advertising communication company and grew it over seven years to near Inc. 500 status and multi-millions in sales before the age of 30. In 1999, Erik founded an internet publishing company that grew to 1.5 million readers in over 180 countries around the world.
Erik is the author of the books and courses in the Perceptual Intelligence® Series, including Automatic Influence: New Power for Change in Work and Life, Radically Receptive: How to Love Feedback and Learn from Everyone, The Motivation Equation: A Formula for Change in a Challenging World, and Perceptual Intelligence: The Science of Mental Strength for a Highly Constructive Life.
Erik is founder of several companies, including a leadership consulting firm figure headed by Harvard Business School’s most recognized professor of leadership. Erik’s other companies have served several New York Times bestselling authors, company executives, and the largest retailers in the world.
He and his wife Sandy have six children, have been married for thirty-five years, and live in the Seattle area.
My Leader Development Courses
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Unshakable: Using Perceptual Intelligence® to Build Composure and Emotional Strength
This 6-hour multimedia eLearning course offers a powerful framework for regulating emotion in life and work. Participants learn to transform instinctive reactions into constructive, resilient emotion and behavior.
Collective Genius: Using Perceptual Intelligence® to Collaborate and Make Brilliant Decisions
Derived from the first course in the Perceptual Intelligence® Series (Automatic Influence), this 2-hour course offers a powerful framework for making great decisions and aligning teams around them.
Automatic Influence Part 1: Using Perceptual Intelligence® to Develop High-Performance Leaders
This 4-hour multimedia eLearning course shows how perception “automatically influences” emotion and motivation, and offers a superior development framework to solve four enterprise leadership problems: poor decision making. transactional leadership styles, siloing, and change resistance.
