In January, our Employee Engagement Briefings highlighted 50 employee engagement-related articles. Here is a recap of the 5 Spotlight Articles of January 2018.

 

 

 

To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It

Harvard Business Review: “Purpose isn’t magic — it’s something we must consciously pursue and create. With the right approach, almost any job can be meaningful.”

 

 

2018 Will Be the Year of Employee Experience

Forbes: “Now that according to Gartner more than 90% of businesses compete primarily on the basis of customer experience (CX), it’s no longer enough to make CX a corporate priority.  The next competitive frontier is employee experience (EX) and the signs indicate so strongly that EX will become the next priority for organizations that I’m calling 2018 The Year of Employee Experience.

 

 

Let’s Change Our Perception Of Employee Engagement

Forbes: “So if employee engagement yields so many great results, why is corporate America failing miserably at it? The answer is deceptively simple: Too few are putting real money, time and effort behind it. Bottom line (pun intended): As you contemplate the future of your business, it’s worth rethinking how you and your company approach employee engagement.”

 

 

The Future of Human Work Is Imagination, Creativity, and Strategy

Harvard Business Review: “McKinsey has been studying what kind of work is most adaptable to automation. Their findings so far seem to conclude that the more technical the work, the more technology can accomplish it. In other words, machines skew toward tactical applications. On the other hand, work that requires a high degree of imagination, creative analysis, and strategic thinking is harder to automate. As McKinsey put it in a recent report: “The hardest activities to automate with currently available technologies are those that involve managing and developing people (9 percent automation potential) or that apply expertise to decision making, planning, or creative work (18 percent).” Computers are great at optimizing, but not so great at goal-setting. Or even using common sense.”

 

 

The Best Mentors Think Like Michelangelo

Harvard Business Review: “Michelangelo approached the craft of sculpting with the humble conviction that a unique and beautiful piece of art already existed within the stone, and his job was only to release it. We think the best mentors approach their art in the same way.”

 

 

 

Fellow Agents, what are your thoughts on this month’s must-read intelligence? What must-reads would you suggest?

 

 

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