More on 3 Miseries of Job
I just finished reading Patrick Lencioni’s “The Three Signs of a Miserable Job” and it lived up to my expectations. The fable format gave some good real life examples of how the three miseries are played out at work. To refresh, the miseries are 1) immeasurability–not being able to measure whether you have done a good job or not, 2) irrelevance–not understanding how your work affects or contributes to anyone else, and 3) anonymity–not being appreciated for who you are as a person.
Lencioni says that the three miseries are not caused by the job, but by the way you are treated by management. He pointed out how highly paid executives, sports figures, and celebrities can feel just as miserable in their high-paying jobs as those in a low-paying jobs if these three factors are ignored. In fact, he includes a variety of work examples at the end for illustration beyond the story.
I plan to incorporate these ideas where I can in my coaching and training with management as it reinforces what I have already been espousing, which is that the most important long-term motivators are about more than money. I welcome your thoughts on this.
