Can Work Be Enjoyable?
Have you ever noticed how when someone tells us they’ve been really busy with work, we automatically interpret this as being a bad thing? Certainly, no one...
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11 Characteristics of Meaningful Work
Managers cannot make work meaningful for employees. Managers, however, can shape the workplace environment to let meaningful work become possible for employees. With a...
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Delusions of Mediocrity
Recently, my wife Jane and I were discussing my career: in particular, what I planned to do next. Two things precipitated this discussion. For one, as I wrote here, my...
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The Value of Meaningful Work
Meaning and meaningful work are not common words in the workplace lexicon. Unfortunately management practices have carefully neutered such needs in a diligent...
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Shawn’s Top 10 Posts of 2012
This year went by so fast slowly. How it’s possible that we’re nearing the end of 2012 is beyond me. It was a packed year with many peaks and valleys. Certainly...
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