Designing Great Jobs
As part of its largest global study ever, Gallup recently discovered that people the world over want one thing in life more than anything else. What is it?
This was one of our most surprising findings ever: What everyone wants more than anything is a good job, which Gallup defines as 30+ hours per week for a paycheque from an organization. It’s even better to have a great job, which means two things: A job where they get a chance to really connect with a higher purpose and where they get to use their strengths on a regular basis. I think the reason people want this so much right now is that there is so much overlap between work and our personal life today. Work regularly spills over into the rest of our life, and the rest of our life comes with us to work to a greater extent than ever.
Tell us more about the key differences between great jobs and lousy jobs.
As indicated, a great
