Unlocking Workplace Fulfillment: Are We Listening to the Right Insights?

This article was originally published in Fast Company by Harrison Monarth. 

There is no shortage of well-established psychological concepts and excerpts of studies decoding human nature for the purpose of making work a more inclusive, fair, and rewarding experience.

Although they are delivered to us in bite-size chunks on LinkedIn, Instagram, and countless podcasts by bonafide cognitive scientists such as Laurie Santos, professor of Psychology at Yale University, organizational psychologist and professor Adam Grant of the Wharton School of Business, and others, are the right people listening?

The annual Gallup survey that measures employee engagement globally showed that only 32% of employees are engaged at work. They attribute the low level of involvement and enthusiasm to issues such as lack of clarity around managers’ expectations, connection to the company’s mission or purpose, opportunities for learning and growth, opportunities to do what employees do best, and a sense among employees that management doesn’t care about them.

We don’t have to be organizational psychologists to inspire and motivate people, but we should tune in to the experts, and experiment with applying their findings on the job if the goal is to make work more rewarding for everyone and move the organization forward together.

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