How to Help Your Team Love What They Do

Book #13: Alive At Work by Daniel M. Cable

Alive At Work

“according to both US and global Gallup polls, about 80% of workers don’t feel that they can be their best at work, and 70% are not engaged at work.”

“Being humble and trying to learn from employees is more effective than emphasizing hierarchy.”

“An innovation culture must be nurtured.

It’s not enough to hire creative and highly motivated people; that’s the old war for talent.

As a leader, you also have to activate people’s seeking systems to ignite their intrinsic motivation and creativity.”

“Absolutely. By 2030, millennials alone will comprise three out of every four individuals in the U.S. workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions.

The younger generations care more about the triggers of the seeking system than older generations… the dopamine is more valuable than the money!”

“Humble leadership: it is based on serving employees. Because management is an overhead cost, managers do not create value unless they are serving the employees who create the value.”

“I think it’s less a matter of talking about imperfections and more about talking about learning and growing, and about how we all have to walk before we can run.

As we learn to do new things it doesn’t go perfect at first until we practice and make it our own.

And then the leader can model this both by taking on new things her/himself and also by allowing/encouraging others to try new approaches and learn.”

“I think the best option is to think about the part of the job that seems to connect the most with personal values and unique skills, and take on a bit more of that work even if it’s voluntary and volunteer at first.

Just do it because it lights you up.

After a little while I think you can talk with your supervisor about expanding that part of the job.”

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