chapter 5
What drives you?
‘And nothing to look backward to with pride,
And nothing to look forward to with hope.’
Robert Frost (1914a)
This chapter offers opportunities to
- •look at workplace turn-offs;
- •think about the part money plays in your career;
- •identify what motivates you;
- •discover your career hot buttons.
Turn-ons and turn-offs at work
Most roles are interesting when you start, simply because they’re new. As jobs become familiar, sometimes repetitive, motivation can fade – which is one reason employee engagement is a continuing problem for organisations (see Chapter 1). Employers understand what prompts someone to take a job, ...
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