How Do I Get My Team to Love Work? (HBR Podcast)

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Amid rising workplace burnout, author Marcus Buckingham emphasizes the need to cultivate joy in professional settings. He advocates for a team-centric approach where leaders actively engage with team members to identify their strengths and areas for improvement. Buckingham introduces the concept of "team joining," which goes beyond traditional onboarding by fostering deeper connections among team members and encouraging open discussions about individual passions and challenges.

Buckingham also stresses the importance of regular check-ins between managers and employees to enhance engagement and reduce turnover. He cites impressive statistics, noting that simple practices like weekly check-ins can lead to significant reductions in employee turnover and increases in engagement. The conversation underscores a shift in workplace culture, where understanding and valuing individual contributions can lead to a more fulfilling and productive work environment.

Part four of our four-part special series, Find Joy in Any Job, with Marcus Buckingham on how to design your work to focus on what you love.Uploaded 05-05-22Not everyone likes everything about their job all the time. But we know from research that people who are energized by at least parts of their work perform better – and feel a greater sense of well-being. So there’s a huge benefit when teams and organizations encourage employees to spend more of their work day focused on their strengths and passions.In this special series from HBR, we’re looking at how to figure out what you really love about work and craft your current job around that. In this episode, we’re scaling up from self-help for individuals to advice for managers and explaining how they can balance these efforts with business goals.IdeaCast co-host Alison Beard speaks with Marcus Buckingham, head of research on people and performance at the ADP Research Institute and author of the new book Love + Work.Listen to all Find Joy in Any Job episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJub1TwtUIBDKN28fnTNtQBq8--You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/04/find-joy-in-any-job-how-do-i-get-my-team-to-love-work - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/find-joy-in-any-job-how-do-i-get-my-team-to-love-work/id152022135?i=1000558975511 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PGLX7KCudAooxR3lQaZTm - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/hbr-ideacast/episode/find-joy-in-any-job-how-do-i-get-my-team-to-love-work-202745556 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL2lkZWFjYXN0/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAwNi0wNS0wODppZGVhY2FzdC4wODU1?sa=X&ved=0CAcQkfYCahgKEwiw_eOE9bn3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQhS4 Series Description:HBR IdeaCast’s Find Joy in Any Job is a special four-part series with renowned management thinker Marcus Buckingham. At a time when 41% of us are considering quitting our current roles, we'll offer a better solution: a way to improve them. We'll capture voices from workers around the world and explore why so many feel unhappy and disengaged. We'll explain how to pinpoint the aspects of work that you do (or could) love and how to shift your responsibilities to those areas. Finally, we'll discuss how to build a team and organization full of people who love what they do. Marcus is the head of research on people and performance at the ADP Research Institute and author of the new book Love + Work (as well as co-author of the best-selling Nine Lies About Work). He'll be joined by IdeaCast co-host Alison Beard. About Harvard Business Review:Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters:00:00 Open00:22 Intro01:52 Team Joining: Get Curious About People’s Likes and Dislikes07:40 Weekly Check-ins Make a Difference11:32 Too Many Direct Reports is a Red Flag14:03 Find Those Who Love Doing What Needs to Be Done/Love Drives Excellence16:29 The Best Teams Embrace Uniqueness19:48 Love Fuels Expertise Fuels Innovation21:43 A New Standard for Company CultureFollow Harvard Business Review:https://hbr.org/https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/https://www.facebook.com/HBR/https://twitter.com/HarvardBizhttps://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_reviewSign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters#HarvardBusinessReview #Joy #JobCopyrigh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices