Science-Backed Tips to Make Work Worthwhile | Wes Adams & Tamara Myles
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Welcome to Behavior Groups, the podcast that explores the psychological principles behind why we do what we do. I'm Kurt Nelson and I'm Tim Houlihan. On today's episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Wes Adams and Tamara Miles, co-authors of the book Meaningful Work: How to Ignite Passion and Performance in Every Employee. Their book explores what creates meaning at work through a framework that they call the three Cs: community, contribution, and challenge. That's right, Tim.
Tamara Miles brings a unique perspective to this conversation. She was originally a productivity consultant for 15 years before going back to graduate school to specifically study. meaningful work after noticing what she called a virtuous cycle where meaningful work led to more energy and better productivity. Yeah, and Wes Adams partners with Tamara in researching how leaders can intentionally create an environment where employees find more meaning, which drives better business results. Yeah, and what I found fascinating in our conversation was how they discovered that leaders are responsible for almost half of the experience of meaning at work.
showing how critical leadership is in creating these meaningful environments. Yeah, they also share some wonderful stories about companies like Ritz-Carlton that empower their employees to create meaningful moments for their customers, which in turn makes the work more meaningful for the employees themselves. That's virtuous cycle thing, right? There you go. So their research shows that when all three elements, community, contribution, and challenge are present, there's a multiplier effect that
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