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This Is What Happens When You Find Meaning In Your Work
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Make space to create meaning
Provide digital self-assessment tools and the types of personal exploration exercises that facilitate reflection.
These mechanisms can help employees identify personal sources of fulfillment to make work more meaningful.
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Provide the right amount of structure
Formal employee programs and activities, such as rotational opportunities, innovation labs, reverse mentoring and milestone experiences, can help employees build deeper, more diverse relationships while promoting growth.
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Build strong teams
Deepening relationships is a key source of fulfillment.
Shared experiences help employees come together in ways that build meaningful connections and trust. Activities that provide a common purpose — such as an escape room game or a hackathon — are especially effective.
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Create a culture that embodies purpose
Culture is much more about what you do than what you say. Leaders need to share authentic stories about their experiences of finding meaning and activating purpose.
Identify informal leaders who can energize their co-workers and create momentum around purpose.
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- For centuries, the promise of America has been built on the work ethic, with everyone aspiring to have a job that pays them.
- Work Ethic as it is has not provided any social, moral or s...
The Unfulfilled Promise of Work
What working a decent job means is slowing losing ground, as we are not deriving meaning from our work.
Having a job means getting paid for our talents, but it may not be the case for many. Work ethic is supposed to provide us a good life, but in reality, the opposite is happening.
Following The Orders
Most workers rely on the whims and fancies of the so-called 'Job Creators', a class of people who own a business and can employ staff. Job creators hold power on the worker's time, behavior and conditions of employment.
These employers also monitor and sanction what workers post on social media, what they eat or drink, how frequently and for how long are they going to the bathroom, and what are their political leanings.
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Finding happiness at work
Not only is it possible to find happiness at work, but that doing so is unambiguously good.
Happier employees do better on all fronts, from day-to-day health to productivi...
Portrait of people who are happy in life
- They have an easy time feeling good and recovering from adversity
- they have close, supportive social connections
- they believe that their presence in the world matters.
4 key pillars of happiness at work
- Purpose. Our purpose is a reflection of our core values, and we feel more purposeful at work when our everyday behaviors and decisions are aligned with those values.
- Engagement. Prioritise some fun. Take ownership of decisions that affects you. Adopt a flow at work.
- Resilience. The ability to handle, adapt to, and productively learn from setbacks, failures, and disappointments.
- Kindness. Being kind at work involves treating others with dignity and respect, extending empathy and compassion, practicing gratitude, and constructively managing conflicts.
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An Uncertain Future
- The past decade gave rise to the 'Gig' economy, spawning one-click app-based transactions.
- Artificial Intelligence and automation are further transforming how people live and work.
Future Proof Your Career
Future-proofing your career to stay relevant isn't about learning how to code or going back to college.
It is about having a career plan with a long-term vision, taking into account the current job-market conditions, economic factors, emerging opportunities, personal interests, and family realities.
Shrinking Life Cycle of Jobs
A life cycle of a job is shrinking rapidly, and if you're not re-inventing yourself or pivoting on time, you are rendered out of work sooner than in the past decades.
We need to check our career plan and ask ourselves what skills need to be developed to pursue future opportunities, in this shifting economy.