The Soul of Work: Why and How to Make Work More Meaningful
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See also my Harvard Business Review article "Make Your Work More Meaningful" at https://hbr.org/2013/08/make-your-work-more-meaningful.
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- 2. What is the MOST MEANINGFUL aspect of your work? Illustration from The Well of Being by Jean Pierre Weill
- 3. Not all meanings of work are equally meaningful.
- 4. What HR gets wrong
- 5. Many strong ’s= a strong WE
- 6. Used with permission Neglected ’s = a weak WE
- 7. Sources of Meaningfulness in Work Self Other People Work Context
- 8. Self
- 9. Research on New Employee Orientation Is it better to emphasize organizational or individual identity?
- 10. 2 Studies 3 Experimental Conditions Control Organizational Identity Individual Identity
- 11. Study 1 Results: Customer Satisfaction Control Organizational Identity Individual Identity
- 12. Study 1 Results: Turnover Control Organizational Identity Individual Identity +250% +157%
- 13. Control Organizational Identity Individual Identity Study 2 Results: Job Performance Job Satisfaction Engagement • Retention
- 14. Other People
- 15. Leaders: Stewards of Meaning
- 16. The Most Powerfully Motivating Condition You Experience:
- 17. To build meaning at work: help your employees achieve what they care about most every day.
- 18. The Work Context
- 19. The Company's primary objective is to maximize long-term stockholder value, while adhering to the laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates and at all times observing the highest ethical standards. I’m so inspired—NOT!
- 20. Our mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit — one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time. Now that’s better!
- 21. Our values: • Creating a culture of warmth and belonging, where everyone is welcome. • Acting with courage, challenging the status quo and finding new ways to grow our company and each other. • Being present, connecting with transparency, dignity and respect. • Delivering our very best in all we do, holding ourselves accountable for results.
- 22. Design Work to Be Meaningful Characteristics of Work • Task Identity • Task Significance • Autonomy • Feedback Psychological States •Meaningfulness •Responsibility •Knowledge of Results
- 23. Job crafting
- 24. Alfred Nobel, 1833-1888 “The Merchant of Death is Dead”