Questions from the episode
Is there a way to look at your work as purpose and not so much transactional?
What is your work climate?
Notes Taken during the editing.
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Work can be a source of joy. Working for a paycheck is transactional. What is it that you’re doing that is meaningful to you and purposeful to others? Don’t focus on joy directly. You focus on the things that help that feeling emerge. Knowing your work has meaning usually brings joy.
Meaningful work means you’re getting something from the work being done.
Meaning – you get the satisfaction of doing the work for yourself.
You can find purpose in any kind of work.
Find purpose in what you’re doing and move from the transaction.
Company culture vs Company Climate
Company Culture – How things get done around an organization. Also the basic assumptions how the organization works.
Netflix – don’t have limits on vacation time and don’t have a policy on travel expenses. Assumption is made that people can be trusted.
This is why culture is so challenging to change. Because, often they’re based on deeper seated assumptions on human behavior and interaction.
Climate is what it’s like to work somewhere. (Hay group?) More influenced by someone’s immediate leader. How your leader shows up at work.
70% of the work experience is determined on your direct management experience.
Great company culture is not a millennial thing, but a human thing. However, 71% of millennials cite meaningful work as a priority.
Social Strategy – Open, transparent – our brains are wired for connection and this is why social media is so popular. Create rich strong relationships within the workplace.
To thrive in this social environment – where are they creating social connections and being transparent.
Strengths – what energizes me and what I’m good at doing. Understanding strengths to make connections and open.
Shawn Murphy is the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, a boutique consultancy and advisory firm dedicated to developing and advancing positive organizational business and leadership practices.
He’s been recognized by Inc.com and The Huffington Post for his work on developing leaders for the future of the work. Shawn was hand picked to be part of IBM’s elite Futurist Group that advises and gives input on topics related to new ways to work. You can listen to Shawn interview with his business partner business and thought leaders in their weekly podcast, The Rebel Leader.
Shawn holds a MBA from Drexel University, LeBow College of Business, and a Bachelor’s in Organizational Behavior from University of San Francisco.
Shawn’s debut book, The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment that Energizes Everyone (AMACOM), shares path-breaking beliefs and simple techniques to help leaders at all levels positively shift how people not only perform but how they feel while at work. You can also read Shawn’s weekly column, “Positive Business,” on Inc.com.
Resources
Strengths Scope – http://www.strengthscope.com/
Strengths Finder from Gallup – https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/
Shawn’s company, Switch and Shift: http://www.switchandshift.com
Shawn’s podcast, The Rebel Leader: http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst
Shawn Murphy on the INC. website: http://www.inc.com/author/shawn-murphy
Shawn’s Email: shawn@switchandshift.com