GL wrote an interesting post at “What Would Dad Say,” titled Get Engaged In his words… “The best career move you can make is TO GET ENGAGED AT YOUR JOB. If you can do this, or learn to do this, you will OWN the world of work. In short, in the words of a young kid I know…U ROK!”
GL's tests to see if YOU are engaged at your work... read:
1. Do you care enough about ‘the work’ to NOT care who gets credit?
2. Do you go out of your way to help others, with absolutely no thought of getting something in return? You are doing it solely to help a co-worker and the company.
3. When times get tough, or you are confronted with an issue or problem that you cannot solve, what is your reaction? Do you give up?
4. Do you do the work assigned to you but do with it with such goodwill, creativity and positive attitude that even the most mundane tasks get completed with flair?
5. Are you a clock watcher?
6. Do you have fun at work? Enjoy being there?
7. Do you make suggestions? Are you always thinking of new ways to improve the business, even if it is not in your area?
8. Do you talk about your work at home or to your friends? Do your parents say “Boy! Johnny really likes it there at ______!” Are your friends envious?
9. Do you attract more work?
10. Do you seek to set a new standard at your job?
Make it a point to get more engaged at work. After all, you already spend 8 hours a day there, why not make it the best 8 hours you can?
I’d like to take GL's self-engagement test one step farther … especially for those workers who come out on the negative end of the engagement stick. What motivates the average worker to really engage in what they do in your business?
Many leaders we work with think they motivate others… They don’t always… when you talk to workers. Good thing though, that the best motivation comes internally anyway … and our brains can rewire for that purpose. Here are my 2-bits to add to GL’s great post on engagement at work.
1. Draw on your multiple intelligences.
2. Start your day with your brain in mind – past stress into growth
3. Refuse to blame others when things go wrong
4. Work with your emotional intelligence
5. Look for support to make changes… to improve what you do
6. Come at every problem with a solution before you report it
7. Step into nature at lunch for your brain’s sake
What do you do to stay engaged at work, that might energize a young person to try it?
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