{"id":429,"date":"2010-06-24T10:04:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T17:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markandkelley.com\/mark\/?p=429"},"modified":"2010-06-24T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T17:04:30","slug":"employee-engagement-what-do-employees-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/2010\/06\/employee-engagement-what-do-employees-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Engagement &#8211; What do employees really want?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 8px 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/engaged.jpg?resize=246%2C197\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"197\" \/><br \/>\nAccording to RSA&#8217;s Dan Pink in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc\" target=\"_blank\">Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us<\/a>, employees want 3 things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Autonomy (self-direction)<\/li>\n<li>Mastery (we like to get good at things)<\/li>\n<li>Purpose (a grand ideal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If this is true (and according to Dan, it is science), then the worst thing a manager can do for his team is to require too much of them in too little time. \u00a0Doing so would prevent them from self-directing their work since there is not time for their desires. \u00a0It would also prevent them from ever\u00a0achieving\u00a0mastery because they would have to quickly move from one project to the next.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that a better approach is to make the purpose (that grand ideal of the company), crystal clear. \u00a0Then choose a few 6 month goals and set the team loose. \u00a0The end result is what matters, not the means to get there. \u00a0Taking this approach allows team members the opportunity for discovery and autonomy. \u00a0Allowing them enough time to do it right allows them the opportunity for mastery.<\/p>\n<p>I deeply agree with Dan&#8217;s findings. \u00a0I know they are true for me in the work place. \u00a0What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to RSA&#8217;s Dan Pink in Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us, employees want 3 things: Autonomy (self-direction) Mastery (we like to get good at things) Purpose (a grand ideal) If this is true (and according to Dan, it is science), then the worst thing a manager can do for his team is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/2010\/06\/employee-engagement-what-do-employees-want\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Employee Engagement &#8211; What do employees really want?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickendesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}