Meaningful Work as Part of Emotional Intelligence
By Bill on 03/29/08 in HBS = Harvard Business School, Self-Management | Comments (3)
Do you find your work meaningful? The Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin for December 2007 on pages 34-35, has an article on “How Business Schools Lost their Way.” HBS associate professor Rakesh Khurana has written a book that points out problems including, “…business schools on average are not providing some way for them (students) to link the values they have to the work they are going to be doing.
And as a consequence, many students have adopted a view of the world in which they believe they cannot live their values through their work.” … “By denying students the opportunity to see the possibility of living their life as a profession, seeing meaning in their work,
seeing their work as a calling.…”
What do you think? Can MBA graduates find meaning or are they destined to be just hired hands for corporations? Whether you are an MBA or not, I wonder if you see your work as a calling? Would you care to dialogue with me, Bill Murray, about this? Please write a comment on this Blog using the “Leave a comment” below or the “Comments” link above, just below the Title of this blog post. Or you may telephone me at 919-419-9460 or email me by using the “Contact Us” link on above navigation bar.
How do we find meaning in our work? Of course, there are many ways. My own twin degrees, a MBA from HBS and a M.Div. from Yale represent part of my efforts to integrate achievement with meaning, success with significance.
I have for decades assisted leaders and professionals to find meaning in their work. In my approach, your first step in finding meaning is to look deeply inside yourself to gain clarity on what you really value. Then develop strategies to make your values more honored in your work. I assist clients to take these steps in my individual Executive Coaching and in some modules of my Group Executive Coaching described on the link Executive Coaching Services on the above navigation bar.
I suggest you explore my individual Executive Coaching Program or experience a Complimentary Session of my Group Executive Coaching Program and see how powerful it can be. Sign up here, scroll down to the yellow highlighted form “Get Complimentary Session…”: Get Complimentary Session.
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This is an excellent blog entry. Increasing, it is becoming clear that Excutive Coaching is a cost saving intervention which positively impact ROI.
George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CAMF
April 6th, 2008
I agree that in finding one’s own values, individuals are more productive and willing to learn as they ultimately choose careers that support those values. Unfortunately, many corporations don’t care about work/life balance and personal development and would rather focus on performance and results before investing in employees’ well-being. My passion as both a social worker and business professional is to bridge that gap. With that being said, hats off to those that are involved in doing the same!
Aaron Swart, MSW
June 7th, 2008
Aaron, Thanks for your comment and commitment to help make this a reality in the business world. My wife has an MSW too, and tries to do the same in our Executive Coaching.
Bill Murray
June 9th, 2008