This brief blog post presents reminders and updates regarding the ongoing Total Organizational Health initiative for our campus (TOH@UTC). If you are curious what this “TOH thing” is all about or what is happening with this initiative for this semester, please take a few minutes to read this post. If you have questions or would…
Personal career development: ladders and lattices
There are moments in every person’s career when progression or advancement feels stalled or somehow blocked. These experiences can reduce our motivation for and dull our sense of fulfillment and purpose in our work. Organizations can often facilitate learning and development activities to facilitate career-related exploration and growth. Sometimes it is possible to even build…
Why an ownership perspective matters to TOH@UTC
People who own and run their own businesses know that the “buck stops” with them – There is no one else to whom they can turn when there are actions to take, decisions to make, or difficulties to overcome. Developing and maintaining an ownership perspective as an employee means recognizing and embracing the power of…
Job Crafting: Redesigning Work for Enhanced Meaning and Motivation
For most of us, the motivation to work is at least somewhat linked to the meaning and purpose we find in what we do, and to our ability to control at least a little bit of how we do that work. When our work feels really basic, routine, restrictive, or unchanging, our motivation to work…