The Search for Meaning at Work
Unleashing the Hidden Power of Purpose to Engage and Fulfill Your Workforce
Zusammenfassung
Offers a path to purpose and meaning at work to engage and support employees at every level.
While recent studies have shown that companies with high levels of employee engagement have 40% less turnover, half the absenteeism rate, and double the net profit compared to companies with low engagement, many firms continue to struggle with engaging their employees, and a mass exodus in under way. Business leaders are unprepared to deliver the type of culture and leadership that infuses the work experience of their employees with purpose and meaning. No surprise that a recent Gallup survey showed that only 15% of employees consider themselves engaged in their work.
In The Search for Meaning at Work Steve Van Valin, an organizational culture consultant and former long-time executive with QVC, provides talent leaders and managers at all levels with a focused awareness and a robust set of actionable tools to meet the talent challenge head-on. Building on the research of Harvard professor Dr. Teresa Amabile and others, Van Valin’s model is based on eleven “Amplifiers of Meaning” that identify and describe the core purpose that gives work meaning. Without purpose, there is no meaning, Van Valin argues, and without meaning there is no true engagement. For many employees and their managers, the purpose that drives an employee’s motivation to work remains hidden; as a result, employees are disengaged, leaving managers and leaders frustrated as they search for answers.
Van Valin’s approach is a confident and creative challenge to leaders to think differently – with greater empathy for the power of purpose and meaning in people’s lives. Each chapter contains personal observations, revealing anecdotes, and a playbook, which provides specific and relevant actions/steps the reader can follow to amplify meaning in ways that inspire high-performance.
1. The book is anchored on providing specific actionable ideas to promote purpose and meaning. It is a practical guide, not just a philosophical work on a lofty subject.
2. No other book fully defines purpose and meaning and brings to light the dynamics between them. Doing so provides a high level of awareness for the reader that leads to the practical application of emotional intelligence when making the “everyday” better choices.
3. The book research, model, and actionable ideas are directly transferable as content for teaching the Amplify concept via classroom, online, and webinar delivery.
Schlagworte
Leadership business leadership Simon Sinek Purpose at work Retaining talent Marshall Goldsmith Job meaning Job purpose Career meaning Career purpose Dan Pink Meaning at workKeywords
workplace- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 1–6 Introduction 1–6
- 95–118 6 The Team Amplifier 95–118
- 119–138 7 The Manager Amplifier 119–138
- 155–184 9 The Company Amplifier 155–184
- 257–262 Epilogue 257–262
- 263–266 Appendix 263–266
- 267–276 Notes 267–276
- 277–282 Bibliography 277–282
- 283–292 Index 283–292
- 293–294 About the Author 293–294
19 Treffer gefunden
- „... as a purpose-driven leader and communicator. Soon, others will be speaking the same language as well ...” „... entire organization, what’s the message that clarifies your purpose-driven expectations?There’s work and ...” „... of our purpose for being? It would be easy to assume everyone knows that respect is essential as a ...”
- „... work has shaped my own personal purpose.Through my consulting role with Culturology, I’ve explored the ...” „... purpose-driven lives. At the same time, millennials and Generation Z are creating demand for purpose and ...” „... 1IntroductionMy purpose is to be a positive force that forever changes the experience of work ...”
- „... 28, 2021. https://hbr.org/2021/10/creating-a-meaningful-corporate -purpose.Jones, David A., Chelsea r ...” „... Purpose Trumps Popcorn for the Post-Pandemic American Worker.” April 25, 2022 ...” „... . https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases /survey-individual-purpose-trumps-popcorn-for-the-post-pandemic-american -worker-301531863 ...”
- „... one in two had left their job to get away from their manager to improve their overall life at some ...” „... viewed and judged. Think of your past jobs. Was your overall experience at those places positive, neutral ...” „... , or nega-tive? Now, think of your manager and your relationship at each of those jobs. I’d bet the ...”
- „... called Purpose Amplifies Meaning because it’s your job to amplify—to make loud and clear—the purposes ...” „... ultimate purpose is to land the plane and passengers safely, period. I see our personal purpose as ...” „... providing the same function as the glide path instrument at airports. Our source of purpose transmits a ...”
- „... bridge from employee to customer that ampli-fies meaning.revealing customer PurposeIn only 20 years, QVC ...” „... customer front and center as a purpose that amplifies meaning. Nearly everyone, from top to bottom, has a ...” „... the customer. Explicitly designating the customer as a purpose unlocks one of the most potent ...”
- „... brand promise and is the very heart of their purpose.I can understand if you’re thinking this amplifier ...” „... . They’ve created a purpose-driven experience that taps into a speaker’s deepest reservoir of intrinsic ...” „... purposeVanguard is doing something that is wildly and wonderfully different. It creates real value for others by ...”
- „... our control. the three hIerarchIes of PUrPoseI’ve identified three hierarchical types of purpose to ...” „... and unique personality.other examples of the three types of PurposeTranscendent Purpose Examples• To ...” „... engagement; there’s a missing sense of meaning and purpose. If meaning and purpose are missing in the ...”
- „... purpose-driven mission together to de-liver something great. All the while we were learning, growing, and feeding ...” „... experiences that are not to be underestimated as an amplifier of purpose and meaning. I know that work ...” „... Insurance. I didn’t meet Grace in person until six months into the job, but we talked with each other every ...”
- „... purpose.An interesting thing happens when your company’s culture includes a focus on reaching out to the ...” „... purpose.We were reminded of our first conversation and asked ourselves, “What if we moved home and started a ...” „... of others. We are wired for the purpose of helping others. Giving ourselves away is an act of ...”
- „... PurposeThe logic is inescapable. Beliefs always drive behavior. If people believe in the team’s ultimate ...” „... es-pecially when it rallies together to achieve a common purpose. When it comes to great teams, it’s true that ...” „... . Virtual and hybrid arrangements make it all the more challenging to galvanize people around the purpose of ...”
- „... supervisors can Destroy meaning and PurposeIf you are a department leader, then you must overcome the killer ...” „... beyond our ability to champion the company purpose. Many organizations have become more business unit ...” „... purpose of the department has come into clearer focus for the savvy leaders willing to amplify it.The ...”
- „... purpose.—Dr. Martina Olbertova, founder and CEO of Meaning Global1If you asked most leaders to consider a ...” „... clutter to shape a purpose-driven culture?Winning the hearts and mindsTo be a savvy culture shaper, you ...” „... mind’s eye. You’ll know it when you see it.the PUrPose of PurPoseDefining a corporate WhY and making sure ...”
- „... . Gallup, State of the US Workplace Report, January 7, 2022. 6. “Survey: Individual Purpose Trumps Popcorn ...” „... , https://www.prnewswire.com/news -releases/survey-individual-purpose-trumps-popcorn-for-the-post-pandemic-american -worker ...” „... hurst, The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the ...”
- „... inseparable father-son bond—and a tran-scendent purpose for Tiger to become the greatest golfer the world had ...” „... I do and who I work for? • Does my job live up to the standard of respect that reflects my family ...” „... discover it always connects directly to an intrinsic desire that is a family-focused purpose. I’ve ...”
- „... masterful job in connecting the dots of meaningful purpose in a practical way. If you are a leader looking ...” „... creating a path to purpose and meaning to engage employees at every level.” —Henry DeVries, Forbes.com ...” „... Business School Founder“A must read for anyone who is looking for clarity of purpose and meaning at work ...”
- „... Altman, Jack, 119altruism zone of purpose, 32, 34–35, 209–10, 213–14Amabile, Teresa, 11, 17–18, 39, 49 ...” „... , 263; glide path metaphor, 25–28, 26, 27, 31; managers, 119–37, 264; model, 20–22; Purpose Amplifies ...” „... purpose, 32, 33Bennis, Warren, 75Bentley University, 51Best Buy, 166, 169Bethlehem Steel, 211Blanchard ...”
- „... right and wrong?• Is my work at this organization in harmony with what I believe about my higher purpose ...” „... to do the best job possible denoting the common ground we all value. I’ll follow the advice of the ...” „... Beatles for this amplifier of purpose: “All you need is love. Love is all you need.” I share the view that ...”
- „... work I do and who I work for? • Does my job live up to the standard of respect that reflects my family ...” „... department?• Is the purpose and vision of this department motivating me to perform at my very best? (Am I ...” „... connected to the meaningful purpose of our depart-ment’s work?) • Do I trust the leadership of the ...”