Start with Why

Bring joy, check your list twice and make spirits bright: Learn the secrets behind Santa’s impeccable track record of delivering on expectations! He has 364 days to strategize and produce, and one day to execute. He depends on a hard-working team of employees whom he convinced to relocate to the North Pole. He must re-skill his people […]

Most employees know what to do and how to do it – yet few truly understand the why behind their daily job tasks.

The search for meaning at work: A more delicate issue than often admitted. People have always sought meaning in their lives: It’s human. And many modern civilizations rest on the quest for understanding. Nevertheless, with the decline of classic “meaning-makers” such as religions, groups and communities that either provide meaning or continually create it, people […]

How to start something new, and why you should do it every day. Monday morning. You open your eyes, roll over again in bed – but it’s no use: You have to get out. Shower, brush your teeth, make coffee, smile at your better half and remark that he or she looks fantastic despite the […]

Embrace corporate social responsibility from the inside out. Businesses understand that having a mission that is greater than the bottom line pays off in many ways. The shift toward conscious capitalism was encapsulated in the “Davos Manifesto 2020,” in which the World Economic Forum calls on organizations to “engage all its stakeholders” by making the […]

On purpose, leadership and empathy. Simon Sinek is a British-American leadership author and speaker. He is the author of five books, including Start with Why and The Infinite Game. Sinek is also an instructor of strategic communications at Columbia University, and is an adjunct staff member of the RAND Corporation. Sinek became famous for the “Golden Circle” leadership model: […]

Let’s take a deep dive into an overused buzzword. You can’t go wrong throwing the buzzword “agile” into any discussion on futureproofing your career or company. But what does agile mean exactly, and what are its applications in everyday life? Let’s start with a metaphor: climbing Mount Everest. Faced with an inhospitable environment of extremely […]

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Things aren’t really moving forward in life; you’re easily irritable, perhaps at a loss? And while everyone else is joyfully talking about the “new normal,” you’re getting a rash?

Job crafting means proactively shaping your job to enhance your well-being. Although the concept has been around for a while, the pandemic has given it new relevance. Part I of this two-part series looks at what job crafting entails. Many employees don’t work for an organization aspiring to make it onto the “best places to […]