3.6 million people resigned in May alone and workers in all job categories, from customer-facing service roles to highly professional positions, are actively or passively hunting at roughly the same rate, according to a Gallup analysis. And, according to the US Labor Department, job openings reached a record 10.1 million in June as unfulfilled jobs continue to outpace unemployed workers actively seeking employment.
There is a war raging, and it’s not a talent issue. It’s a workplace issue.
People don’t quit and look for a new job if they are engaged and fulfilled. If your workforce is disengaged, each new hire is likely to join a dissatisfied, disengaged team and probably won’t stay at your company long.
To win the war that is ravishing our companies, leaders and employees must co-create a workplace that fuels performance, engagement, and fulfillment. In this organization, leaders are coaches—not bosses—and employees know what they need to be satisfied at work.
Develop your leaders as coaches.
Coaches have meaningful conversations to enable team members to use their strengths and understand why their work matters. Ask your team members:
Coaches set clear goals and create accountability. Involve your team members in setting specific, measurable goals. Cultivate a culture of accountability by agreeing on deadlines, communication cadences and tools, and provide specific, meaningful feedback multiple times a week through check-ins and developmental conversations to ensure goals are achieved.
Empower and equip employees to clarify and own what they need to be engaged at work.
Do your team members know what they need to be engaged at work, what they require to be happier and to find their work meaningful and purposeful?
Ask your team members to identify and own what they need in each of the Five Essentials for Professional Fulfillment – admit, align, develop, cultivate, and design.
To help your employees further pinpoint their engagement needs, start a book club, and read my new book, Own It. Love It. Make it Work., with your team. You can access bulk rate discounts and find my companion workbook and book club discussion guide here.
“Work has radically changed. What we need now more than ever are engaged and fulfilled employees. Carson Tate’s newest contribution to personal fulfillment in the workforce, Own It. Love It. Make it Work., provides actionable tools and results-driven stories from her consulting practice. She shows employees how to take ownership of their career, their happiness, and their success.” —Jill Olmstead, Chief Human Resources Officer, Lending Tree
Once your employees have clarified what they need to be gratified at work, invite them to participate in a conversation about how to create an equally favorable way to work that supports both of you in achieving your goals.
Work today cannot be a zero-sum game. It’s time to co-create a workplace where everyone thrives. Equip and inspire your employees to clarify and own what they need to be fulfilled, happy, and engaged at work by ordering Own It. Love It. Make It Work. Purchase the bundle to get started here.
Are you an employee who is considering leaving your job? The grass isn’t always greener on the other side, and you have more power in making your current job your dream job than you may think. Order Own It. Love It. Make it Work: How to Turn Any Job Into Your Dream Job. here.
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