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IMPLICATIONS FOR EXECUTIVES, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND INDIVIDUALS

• • Creating positive work environments that sustain their
productivity
• • Tackling challenges that invite growth and innovation
• • Finding value even in setbacks as they learn and bounce
back
• • Appreciating the daily delights of civility, creativity,
humor, playfulness, and pleasure

The why and how of meaning have implications for (1)
leaders at all levels of a company, (2) human resource pro-
fessionals, and (3) individual employees. All three can use
these meaning drivers throughout an organization to pro-
mote both personal values and bottom-line values.

Leadership Implications

Our primary audience throughout this book has been lead-
ers. Leaders set the tone for their organizations. Leaders
make choices and investments that determine how organi-
zations work. Leaders model what others follow. Sometimes
employees consciously choose to follow their leader’s inten-
tional directives; other times the leader’s behavior provides
subtle cues about what is permissible or expected. When
leaders focus on meaning-making activities, employees more
readily sense that their experience at work matters to some-
one and that their contribution is valued.
Leaders at all levels can help make meaning happen.

Boards of Directors

The primary task of a board of directors is to monitor and
ensure fiscal responsibility to shareholders. Some argue that

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