1. iTHINK-0211 Welcome to Presented By; M. Ali Hassni [email_address] Thursday, February 17, 2011
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3. Top Ten Ways to Find Joy at Work Monday, October 19, 2009 She has worked 25+Years worldwide. The former Editor of Harvard Business Review (1989-1992), Professor Kanter has been repeatedly named to lists of the "50 most powerful women in the world" ( Times of London ), and the "50 most influential business thinkers in the world" (Accentor and Thinkers 50 research). Prof. Kanter teaches at Harvard Business School, where she specializes in strategy, innovation & leadership for change.
6. Gallup Healthways survey of 100,000 Americans, Business Owners outrank 10 other occupations in - overall well-being, 1. Despite working longer hours & 2. Earning slightly less than professionals & managers / executives, who rank 2 nd & 3 rd . Find Joy at Work The surprising 4 th is farming, fishing, & forestry, despite the lowest income of any group.
7. Find Joy at Work More confined service like clerical, transportation & manufacturing workers are at the bottom, in the low 40s on Gallup's 100-point well-being index compared to over 70 for business owners. - Autonomy, - Influence, - Sense of meaning are associated with lower stress & fewer work-related illnesses, regardless of hours worked. Supervisors are better-off than the supervised. Entrepreneurs are the best-off of all.
8. 10. Identify long-term personal purpose. Write a personal mission statement, to review often. List of Top Ways to find Joy at Work 9. Be an entrepreneur from anywhere. Even if you don't start a business (now), imagine starting a project that will improve your current job, workplace, or community.
9. 8. Discuss the idea informally to find others feeling the same way. Enlist them in the quest. Now they're counting on you not to let them down. Describe it as an experiment that will benefit others. Incorporate feedback so that others hear their ideas in yours. Find Joy at Work 7. Get a Big Name to endorse giving it a try.
10. 6. Negotiate out of demands that don't contribute to the goal. Keep doing what you must to keep your job, but simplify. Find Joy at Work 5. Find every supporter a task, however small. Show that you're working for their goals, too.
11. 3. Remain positive. Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning and is contagious. Ignore skeptics unless easily converted. Find Joy at Work 4. Widen the circle of the informed. Involve people not usually included.
12. 1. Celebrate each "Rubik's Cube" moment of accomplishment. Share the joy to multiply it. Find Joy at Work 2. As the bits of the cube start moving, keep communicating & coordinating.
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