CHAPTER FIVE

Enrich

ENERGIZE THE JOB

Ponder this: How often do your people have to leave to learn something new?

Our favorite stay interview question is “What do you want to learn this year?” It seems all great performers are interested in learning. And when promotions and pay raises are in short supply, you might turn to learning as a way to enrich their jobs, alleviate boredom, and even rerecruit them to your team and to your purpose. Learning on the job (sometimes called on-the-job training) is a powerful way to engage or reengage with the work. One by one and team by team, you can build and reap the rewards of a learning organization.

It Can Happen to Anyone

Did your own “job EKG” ever go flat? Did the feeling of challenge change to a ...

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