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Five Ways to Learn to Love Your Job

February is the month of love and since the average American spends 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime, learning to love your job and the company you work for should be a priority to everyone. Here are five ways you can learn to love your job and make your 90,000 hours at work better!

1. Find What You Want Most Out of Your Job

How does your current position help you further your ambitions? What are your goals within your role in the company? Where do you see yourself growing within this role and the organization? By asking yourself these questions, you can set a plan in motion that works with your colleagues and the leadership team to set goals and progression markers for leading your career where you want to be.

2. Bring Positivity to Your Workspace

The energy you bring when you show up will be apparent to your colleagues and your bosses. Make sure you are coming to work with the spirit of positivity and working to keep positive within the workplace. We all have moments where bringing that spirit is difficult, and it’s important to change how those moments occur to us. If you look for the good things, the good stuff find you!

3. Network With Your Colleagues

Talking to your colleagues and building your network of friends and professional contacts is a fantastic benefit of shared workplaces! By communicating with people in your office about their personal and professional aspirations, you may find more in common with them than you previously knew possible. You may discover shared goals that you can work together on, or you can gain trust to help build your relationships for the present and the future!

4. Ask for Feedback

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.” This quote from Pro Boxer Oscar De La Hoya is the perfect mindset for why feedback is so valuable. How do you know what to improve unless you actively seek feedback on what you are doing currently? Set up one on one’s with your boss and ask for constant feedback. Good or bad, feedback is essential and can help us work better & grow our skills. Personal feedback is also critical to bettering yourself beyond just work skills.

5. Focus on the Best Parts of Your Job and Amplify Them

Take a moment now to ask yourself “Why do I like to work here?” and write down the answers. You should be able to find a few things that you currently love about your job, whether that’s the people you work with, the industry you are a part of or some other aspect you enjoy. Take those ideas and amplify them! Making them a more significant part of your work day and time spent at the office will help you grow what you love about the job and focus on the reasons why you show up every day.

Knowing what you want, being a beacon of positivity, networking, feedback, and self-reflection can help you fall head over heels in your workspace. Use these tips to reinforce what you love about your job and grow that love with your colleagues and leadership!

Creating a Company Culture of Positivity

Company culture is a major selling point when hiring and it helps sell your position to new hires. No one will want to join your company if it’s known for mistreating their people. How can you create a company culture of positivity, acceptance, and fun? Communication is key. We have a few tips to make sure your company understands the importance of working together to grow a positive mindset.

Create an Open Communication Company Culture

There are a few steps you can take to help in creating an open communication management structure to improve your company culture. Firstly, make sure your employee’s issues are being heard and worked through by their leaders. Secondly, consistent one on one meeting’s will benefit everyone. An open feedback loop will help to increase communication and efficiency on the team. Finally and most importantly, make sure to take the feedback from your groups to heart. Listening to and acknowledging feedback will help to enroll others in your vision.

Find the “Currency” of Your People

The “currency” that your employees find valuable can be many things. First, you have to find what your people care about and can use that info to enhance the quality of their jobs. Knowing what people are working for will help you to establish what dreams, goals, and ambitions your employees have which allows them to feel heard and genuinely cared for. Second, you have to have a loop of feedback between employees and company leaders. This will help everyone feel comfortable addressing any negative or uncomfortable issues. Also, it shows them that you care for them as people & not just as employees.

Celebrate All Successes Together

Above all, make sure you are celebrating success as a team. Hard work combined with appreciation will help you to instill positivity in the team. Big or small, any team success is worth celebrating! This comradery helps to build trust between everyone and will increase positive communication throughout. It also helps you to recognize your team members and their roles within your team’s success. People love to be thanked for their hard work and this is just another way you can add to the feeling they get from success.

These are just a few tips you can use to help create a positive environment that your employees and your company can work together to thrive within. IntelliSource can help you build your company’s culture and environment today. Contact us now and learn more about how we can ignite the spark in your business!

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