Joy at Work Thinking
Written by Roxanne Brown
No matter what change you're making, even if people don't like it, there's a way to make it happen that creates joy, which we see as a combination of...trust, integrity, belonging, cohesion, participation, commitment, accountability, adaptability, growth and respect in ...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Last week I came across an HBR article with the title: Gen-X is More Creative than Gen-Y, According to Harvard.
Being a Gen-Xer, naturally, it caught my attention. I didn’t post it anywhere because the article seemed pretty light-weight and the comparison definitely di...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Before change can happen the leader must change first. This seems pretty straightforward but applying it can be challenging!
When change is introduced, people notice how the leader is modeling the change they want to see in others – or not.
If you think you’re fine, it’s ...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Have you ever felt joy in your work even though you’re doing something that’s hard, maybe even painful? That’s a consistent theme out of our Joy Research.
An initial conclusion:
Joy at Work is…
Often work that is hard and takes a lot out of you AND you can see you’re on th...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Leaders often want more change than their team can handle. That’s because they have a vision they want to see come to life. They can see it! They also know it cannot happen without their people. They regularly wrestle with patience, openness to how change unfolds and th...
Written by Roxanne Brown
When someone leaves the company, it’s not just about that person. It’s about that person and all of the people that are impacted by their departure.
Even if the person’s departure is a relief, it’s still a loss. Even if a person’s departure isn’t voluntary, there’s at le...
Written by Roxanne Brown
When we ask people to describe the best team they’ve ever led or been part of, they usually say things like:
• We had each other’s back
• We had a hard goal to overcome and we were clear on the destination
• It was hard but we all focused
• People helped each other
• We laug...
Written by Roxanne Brown
When you’re leading change, how do you know you’re getting anywhere? How do you measure progress?
Measuring change progress does not need to be exact. It only needs to be directionally correct to lead to useful and actionable insights. The best place to start is by askin...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Change can grow joy. An executive we spoke with recently referred to change as the destroyer of joy. It’s such a fascinating statement when you consider some of the phrases we use in business:
- Disruptive innovation
- Failing fast
- Digital transformation
These are c...
Written by Roxanne Brown
In every Joy Research interview with a CEO or senior leader, we always ask this question at the end…
“If we’re successful in our research, what questions would you wish we could answer?”
Here are a few they’ve given:
• Is joy the word?
• Is that the metric that will help us...
Written by Roxanne Brown
When Ed presented his decision analysis PhD research at INFORMS (Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences) conferences, no one asked about the math. What they asked was, “How did you get the organization to implement the decision?”
Before joining AC...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Joy at Work for…
- Career path planning: How do you want work to feel? What work cultures do you thrive in? What companies, industries or types of work have these cultures?
- Job interviewing: What tells you the company, team or job role will be a place you can thrive? ...
