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Purpose, Meaning, and Passion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
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Purpose, Meaning, and Passion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Morten T. Hansen, Teresa M. Amabile, Scott A. Snook, Nick Craig
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
1h 48m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Five Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose

By Kristi Hedges

How can leaders help employees find meaning at work?

Organizations spend considerable resources on corporate values and mission statements, but even the most inspiring of these—from Volvo’s commitment to safety to Facebook’s desire to connect people—tend to fade into the background during the daily bustle of the workday.

What workers really need to feel engaged in and satisfied by their jobs is an inner sense of purpose. As Deloitte found in a 2016 study, people feel loyal to companies that support their own career and life ambitions—in other words, what’s meaningful to them.1 And, although that research focused on millennials, in the decade I’ve spent coaching ...

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