June 18, 2013
I was reading an article this morning
that Jason Elrod, President of WakeUpNow, sent me and I was cracking up because
I absolutely LOVE what I do. But what does that matter to you? The
real question is this.
Do you LOVE YOUR JOB?
Do you look forward to Mondays?
Do you like the people you work with?
Do you like what you do?
Is it what you always dreamed of
doing?
Does it help you on your way to living
your dreams?
I ask these crazy questions because after
reading this article that I posted below, I realized that I am in a very unique
situation. I attended law school &
business school and thought I had my whole business career figured out. Because of some interesting things that
happened in my life, & that’s another story, I ended up working with
start-up businesses for the last 13 years.
The actual start-up process is sometimes stressful but once the business
model and system is solidified, proven and then taking off, it becomes a ton of
fun. In the particular business that I
am doing now with WakeUpNow, we are changing people’s lives every day and it is
a blast! I look forward to each day,
enjoy what I do and it is helping live my dreams. It isn’t exactly going the way that I had
thought it would 20 years ago but I’m on the path and it is GOOD FUN!
Check out this article and if it
relates to you, we need to talk.
The
State of the American Workplace Is…Meh
June 11, 2013, 4:13 PM
By
Melissa Korn
America’s office
workers report low levels of engagement on the job, according to new Gallup
findings.
Does
your job excite you?
For
most American workers, the answer to that question is a resounding “no.”
A
new Gallup poll finds that 52% of all full-time workers in America are not
involved in, enthusiastic about or committed to their work. Another 18% are
“actively disengaged,” meaning they’ve gone beyond just checking out mentally
and could even be undermining colleagues’ accomplishments.
That
leaves just 30% of American workers who feel excited about their jobs. While
disheartening for managers, that finding marks an improvement over worker
engagement levels measured in the depths of the financial crisis and actually
matches the highest engagement rate since Gallup started tracking in 2000.
Gallup
used responses from surveys of thousands of U.S.-based workers, managers and
companies in its annual State of the American Workplace report.
A
worker’s gender, geographic location and even job title can affect engagement.
Women and managers tend to record higher levels of engagement, as do new hires
and those in Louisiana. (Male service-workers in Rhode Island, ranked the
lowest.) But one of the biggest predictors for a passionate workforce is
company and team size, Gallup found: Workers at firms with 10 or fewer
employees, or those on teams with five to nine employees, reported higher
engagement levels than those in larger groups. That may be because managers can
personalize morale-boosting efforts in more intimate groups, Gallup says.
Gallup
estimates that actively unhappy workers cost the U.S. $450 billion to $550
billion a year, due to high absenteeism and turnover, quality-control issues
and lost productivity.
Employees
at companies in growth mode tend to be more engaged than those at firms letting
go of staff. It’s a virtuous circle, researchers say, as companies with engaged
employees tend to perform better financially, and thus can afford new hires.
Growing companies often have a more positive work environment, further
bolstering employee engagement.
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