How to Create Meaning at Work When the Outcome Isn't Always Meaningful

How to Create Meaning at Work When the Outcome Isn't Always Meaningful

How to boost people's motivation whatever the nature of their contribution.

Author(s): Sally Helgesen

Publisher: Strategy+Business

Date of publication: 2014

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Summary

Individuals are often more motivated when they have the sense of contributing to the common good. But not everyone has the opportunity to work with goods or services with high social value. That being said, managers can boost motivation while insisting on the added value of the work in itself, in particular for close colleagues and stakeholders.