Are Your Employees Quietly Desperate?

Are Your Employees Quietly Desperate?

Thoreau famously said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation”.

Whereas he said this in 1854, 160 years later, the statement sadly still rings true for many people while at work.

CareerSupport365 | Viktor E FranklAs Maslow, Frankl and others have asserted for decades, we all yearn for purpose and meaning.

We all want to feel part of something significant: with a well-defined reason for being and a strong set of values.

Especially at work.

It’s what any employees, mature aged workers and especially Gen Y, the Millennial Generation now expect.

• Truth.
• Consistent.
• Principled.
• Values.
• Mission.
• Direction.

Is it any wonder why India’s voters swept Narendra Modi into power?

That Australia’s Coalition Government is now on the nose?

Or that QANTAS is losing market share to Virgin?

So, what does your company really stand for?

CareerSupport365 | Start With Why by Simon SinekWhat are the values that are at the core of your point of difference?

What is your purpose?

Many of the Career Transition Participants we coach and counsel find enormous benefit in Steve Pavlina’s work on Values and Simon Sinek’s Start with Why TED talk.

What values and purpose are workers seeking that could be better delivered by your company?

On this, what are you going to do this week?

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About the author:

Greg Weiss is the Founder of CareerSupport365. He has almost 30 years success in HR and in career coaching people.

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Greg Weiss

Greg Weiss is the founder and director of Career365 and Australia’s leading career coach. Greg has coached well over a thousand people from recent graduates to CEOs as they pivot, re-launch and accelerate their careers. He is the author of three practical books and the creator of three online courses: “Career Clarity. How to find career fulfillment”; “Career Networking. How to unlock the hidden job market”; and “Career Success. How to succeed in your new job”.

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