Most employees feel disheartened and dehumanized at work, supported by the fact that 86% of us are disengaged on the job according to Gallup and other researchers. If you have had a bad boss or feel like you are not seen in your current role you are likely experiencing a numbing out or frozen feeling at work. Even if you are engaged in what you are doing, chances are you are surrounded by some knuckle draggers and sleep walkers who zap energy from you and others. Every aspect of work feels accelerated and chaotic in the face of many changes. In fact, the World Health Organization has called job related stress a world-wide epidemic - - and this epidemic is often anecdotally referred to as the zombie apocalypse. This new reality leaves a lot of people wondering about the quintessential question – why am I here? Or as poet Mary Oliver asks, “What am I going to do with my one wild and precious life?”
This path highlights three insights and sections for coming back to life at work.
Employee Engagement: Go From Zombie to Zealot!
First take note of a few energy clues: Feeling disheartened and dehumanized at work? Groaning on Mondays, dragging feet through the week? Surrounded by sleepwalkers as teams get blown apart in the chaos of change? Questioning if you have sold your soul for a paycheck? Take heart. Remembering who you are is a simple exercise, and though not always easy, you can start today to call your spirit back into your work. This section offers resources for reawakening your spirit.
Most of us go through life in a highly driven state of being, supported by a notion that we are not enough. We seem to have a collective need to strive for acceptance and achievement. The one thing we all need to realize is that WE ARE, I AM, Enough. We are the product, the service, the contribution and every step in our experience has prepared us to take a leap of faith into full expression of our talents and gifts - NOW. The places we work are a flat mirror for who we are, who we aren’t and what is true or untrue in our story on any given day. Many people shed authenticity and show up in a character role. We all have done that. Now is the time to discover what is true for you. This section offers tools to help get to the truth of who you are.
Be open, be transparent, be resilient, be authentic are the mantras of many authors and thought leaders. Do you know where to start to reconnect with others on your path to reawakening at work? This section offers tools to help you drive needed changes.
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