- To optimize your career, you want to make sure the hours you spend at work are more happy than not.
- Even though it may not seem like it, there are ways to be happier at work, including making sure you carve out time to take breaks.
- Here, 13 career experts share tips on how to be happier at work.
If you work 40 hours out of a 168-hour week, that's nearly a quarter of your week spent at work. Of course, you probably want to make sure those hours are more enjoyable than not. But not everyone is happy at work.
In fact, Teem — a software and workplace analytics company that WeWork recently acquired — did some research on the subject. According to the 2017 Teem Employee Happiness Survey of over 1,300 US workers, 48% of those surveyed reported being unhappy or "somewhat happy" at work, which was up 8% from their 2016 report.
Among the factors contributing to this were poor work-life balance (48%), workers feeling underappreciated in their positions (46%), and people feeling obligated to respond to colleagues at all times, due to communication apps (49%).
"Work can be stressful, but that doesn't mean happiness can't be achieved," Zach Holmquist, cofounder and chief of workplace experience at Teem, told Business Insider in an email. "While it may seem difficult to attain, it's crucial for both employees and employers. To avoid burnout and ultimately maximize creativity and productivity, ensure you are truly working in an environment where you can thrive."
Here, Holmquist and 12 other career experts share their advice on how to be happier at work. (Responses have been condensed and edited for clarity.)
SEE ALSO: 13 people reveal how much money they've made from their side hustles
1. Put your professional development first
Like many experiences in life, being happy at work all starts with how you mentally view your job and the people you work with. Put your professional development first — happiness at work is knowing you can grow and learn in your company. Professional development can be anything from taking classes to knowing how to become a good manager.
— Jillian Seijo, HR manager at Develop Intelligence
2. Figure out what truly motivates you
Many individuals are unhappy at work because they haven't tapped into what fundamentally motivates them — they lack a sense of meaningfulness in their job or connectedness with their team.
So, think deeply about how you define enjoyment, success, and fulfillment, and see how that relates to what you do at work. Perhaps there's a disconnect between what really motivates you and how you relate to either the projects you engage in or the teams you're involved with.
— Kira Nurieli, founder and director of Harmony Strategies Group
3. Conduct an energy audit and make changes accordingly
For the next three days, write down all your tasks at work and beyond, and note whether each one drains you or fills your cup. Include both intentional activities and unintentional diversions (i.e., procrastination or getting caught up in emails).
After three days, review your balance sheet. Ask yourself if there are any changes you can make to do less of what drains you and more of what enlivens you.
— Sarah Greenberg, licensed psychotherapist and lead coach at BetterUp
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
from Strategy https://ift.tt/2zCnmo4
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment