David J Paul Project Management Professional, Management Professor, Author and Small Business Manager
The corporate cultures of this country are, in general, not deeply rooted in respect and regard for our colleagues. We often take our values FROM the workplace instead of taking our values TO the workplace. And therein lies the problem. What if we could reverse the notion, what if we felt so cared for, valued, appreciated, and connected at work that we were not only more productive, and engaged with the work we cared deeply about, work that mattered to us, but we were also rewarded by the high level of integrity that resulted? In today’s work place, at most, there’s a disquieting sense of unequal reward, an uneven, unjust playing field for women, and an unskilled set of supervisors who use unthoughtful management practices. It does not have to be that way. If you take time to be intentional about caring for others in the work place, you can experience dramatic increases in productivity.
Recent research shows that if the work you are doing matters to you (intrinsic motivation) AND you feel cared for at work (Extrinsic motivation), your productivity can be 9 times greater than the people for whom the work does not matter and who do not feel cared for at work. Think about it. Now that you know you could experience dramatically greater productivity at work, what is your ethical responsibility to DO it at work? Just saying.
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