What Type of Work Engages You?
In last week’s post, we offered a look at three different corporate cultures — and specifically at three different “entry experiences” — and asked you to select which one you preferred. (It’s not too late to participate.)
Which did you choose?
• Company A – with its strong emphasis on team work?
• Company B – filled with ambiguity, intense challenge, and high visibility?
• Company C – with its well-defined approaches and clear path to success?
Here are the results so far:
• 14 % of you would prefer to work at Company A
• 51 % of you would prefer to work at Company B
• 33 % of you would prefer to work at Company C
No surprise that your preferences differ. We don’t all find the same work environment attractive. What we enjoy, what causes us to feel comfortable and puts us in a frame of mind to do our best work, varies from person to person.
Are you in a position today that really matches your work preferences? Click here to take a short quiz to find out.
My colleagues’ and my research has identified six fundamental archetypes that describe people’s preferred relationship with work. I call these archetypes “Life’s Lures.” They are:
1. Expressive Legacy: Work is about creating something with lasting value
2. Secure Progress: Work is about upward mobility; a predictable, upward path to success
3. Individual Expertise and Team Victory: Work is an opportunity to be a contributing member of a winning team
4. Risk with Reward: Work is an opportunity for challenge, change, learning, and, maybe, wealth
5. Flexible Support: Work generates a livelihood but not currently a life priority
6. Limited Obligations: Work’s value is largely its near-term economic gain
What draws you to work? Click here to download a 10 question self-assessment to see which lure is most important to you.
Next week I’ll offer some suggestions for the criteria you might use in selecting a new position or deciding to remain in your current one based on your “Life’s Lure.”
Read all of Tammy Erickson’s Across the Ages posts
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