

In this way, you can put personal touches on how you see and do your job, and you’ll gain a greater sense of control at work.” The exercise prompts you to visualize the job, map its elements, and reorganize them to better suit you. Dutton write that job crafting “involves redefining your job to incorporate your motives, strengths, and passions. In the Harvard Business Review article “ Managing Yourself: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want,” Amy Wrzesniewski, Justin M.

And when we do this inner work, we can craft our outer work to be a better match. When we become mindful of our own strengths, how we best perform, and what captures our curiosity, we become more engaged. This echoes a message from the field of positive organizational scholarship. Don’t wait for HR to come up with some initiative. This is our own work-each one of us has a responsibility to reflect and act upon that which enlivens us.
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In doing so, we bring our whole self to work, and ultimately make a larger contribution. Instead, she said, we would be better served if we think about job fluidity, the ability to explore, participate, and engage in areas outside a regular job description. But as Cecile Alper-Leroux, Vice President of Human Capital Management Innovation at Ultimate Software, said at a recent Disrupt HR meeting in Boston, our whole self can never be fully expressed in that narrow document. The title and tasks of your work are neatly laid out. There’s a natural tendency to think about work as a “job,” one that fits neatly into a job description. The more significant question-the one that shapes direction-is this: What would you block off on the calendar as you imagine tomorrow? You see, our tendency is to block off time on the calendar that is relevant to our job today. What are you marking on your 2020 calendar? What’s the title of the map that describes the intention? The biggest mistake we make is thinking that time will magically appear for the intangible idea to become real. I guess that’s why it’s so easy to overlook. The choice to lead is not as tangible as, say, running a program or planning a trip. I’m making dedicated time in my calendar now for big tasks that move the idea forward. I’ve titled my 2020 map The Choice to Lead. That’s why, next year, I’m dedicating my work to leadership-teaching, writing, and elevating the choice to lead self and others towards our highest and best. I’ve decided that my long-term, 20-year vision needs to have a more immediate stake in the ground. I just put a huge 2020 whiteboard calendar in my office. But the map at least gets you started on the right path. The imagined 2020 is never going to be as intriguing or convoluted as real life. The map can’t entirely predict what it will be like when you’re actually walking on the terrain. For sure, the plan will change as realities unfold. What goals can you map on the calendar? What supportive and nourishing experiences do you want to create for yourself?Īs you look at the whole year, block out the most important stuff first. That many 20s have got to have some special mojo, don’t you think?Īs the year winds down, it’s time to start drafting the map for your 2020 vision. I want 20/20 vision for a 2020 vision, clearly and deliberately crafting what the future holds. I want to have 20/20 vision when it comes to seeing next year. That means that at 20 feet away, you can see an object clearly. If your eyesight is normal, the doctor tells you that your vision is 20/20.
