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Setting goals and using frontline feedback helps us see the impact of work more clearly. And it also helps us see the contribution and influence we are making.
Organizations can connect the dots so that employees have a clear understanding of the contribution they're making to bigger goals.
From Timberland factories in the Chinese apparel industry, to large national health service organizations in the UK, it’s important for people to feel connected to the people who are benefiting from their work. NASA enhances how meaningful colleagues find their work by changing the meaning of their work. A famous quote “I'm not mopping the floors; I'm putting a man on the moon”, illustrates how employees locate meaning in longer-term aspirations rather than the immediate task at hand.
WOOP - Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan - is a strategy that helps people find and fulfill their wishes and change their habits.
Create space for individuals to align their personal strengths with the collective goal of the organization. This will sustain people's energy over the longer-term and make employees using four or more of their strengths more likely to consider their work - and the organization's mission - a calling.