Melissa Dahl previews an article in MIT Sloan Management Review (read it here) by Bailey and Madden that explores the failure of bosses who attempt to create meaningfulness on the job for their employees. Surprisingly, the results are usually a fail.
The authors found that leadership has little impact on meaningful moments at work. In contrast, bad management ranks as the number one inhibiter of meaningful work.
Instead, Bailey and Madden have found that it is each individual who makes their work truly meaningful and deeply personal. They cite as examples the office cleaner who finds his work very meaningful, and the corporate CEO who doesn’t.
The conclusion they reach is that it is not up to anyone else to create meaning in your work, it is just up to you.
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