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WHERE AM I GOING? (PURPOSE AND MOTIVATION)

Second, know your employees. You can help employees
in your part of the organization to identify the destinations
or quadrants that are most motivating to them, helping
them make sure the work they do ties into that motivation.
Placing insight-driven employees into achievement positions
or tasks will both frustrate the individual and limit the qual-
ity of work done.
Third, know your organization. You can help define for
your part of the organization the motivations most relevant
to your work. You can also articulate for others how each of
the four quadrants contributes to bringing meaning, direc-
tion, and motivation to work.
Fourth, position your organization to have a socially
responsible agenda. You can connect individual goals to
broader societal goals through philanthropy and giving pro-
grams (be a company with a caring heart), through social
activism (monitor and control use of carbon and other
resources), and through work/life policies (offer employees
control and flexibility for their work).
To identify what motivates you, your employees, and your
organization, we highly recommend the following exercise
(even if insight is not your strong suit):

PART 1
• • For 20 minutes, write whatever comes to mind describing what your
life would look like five years from today if you had become your
best self and all your dreams were realized.
• • For an additional 20 minutes, write whatever comes to mind
describing what your organization (or division) would look like five
years from today if it had become the best it could be and all your
dreams for it were realized.

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