Why Am I Unhappy in the Workplace? (HBR Podcast)

Why Am I Unhappy at Work? (HBR Podcast) 5 May 2022 --- Part one of HBR IdeaCast’s special four-part series, Find Joy in Any Job, with Marcus Buckingham on how to design your work to focus on what you love. There’s been much talk about the Great Resignation and what’s driving it. The pandemic has exacerbated a long-term problem: many of us struggle to find any pleasure in our work. But quitting isn’t the only the solution. Often, it’s not feasible. In this special series from HBR, we look at a different path: figuring out what you really love and crafting your current role around that. In part one of four, we dig into the data showing why people feel so disengaged and what they feel is missing from their work. IdeaCast co-host Alison Beard speaks with Marcus Buckingham, head of research on people and performance at the ADP Research Institute and author of the new book Love + Work. Listen to all Find Joy in Any Job episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJub1TwtUIBDKN28fnTNtQBq8 You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/04/find-joy-in-any-job-why-am-i-unhappy-at-work - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/find-joy-in-any-job-why-am-i-unhappy-at-work/id152022135?i=1000556530462 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gtSBBxIAE142ApX6LqsvN - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/hbr-ideacast/episode/find-joy-in-any-job-why-am-i-unhappy-at-work-202148169 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL2lkZWFjYXN0/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAwNi0wNS0wODppZGVhY2FzdC4wODQ5?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiw_eOE9bn3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ Series Description: HBR IdeaCast’s Find Joy in Any Job is a special four-part series with renowned management thinker Marcus Buckingham. At a time when 41% of us are considering quitting our current roles, we'll offer a better solution: a way to improve them. We'll capture voices from workers around the world and explore why so many feel unhappy and disengaged. We'll explain how to pinpoint the aspects of work that you do (or could) love and how to shift your responsibilities to those areas. Finally, we'll discuss how to build a team and organization full of people who love what they do. Marcus is the head of research on people and performance at the ADP Research Institute and author of the new book Love + Work (as well as co-author of the best-selling Nine Lies About Work). He'll be joined by IdeaCast co-host Alison Beard. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 Open 01:29 – Intro 02:38 – How Unhappy Are Workers Right Now? 03:33 – Job Satisfaction Across Industries, Geographies, Age 06:09 – Why Is This Happening? 09:52 – Do External Rewards Matter? 12:57 – What About Boring Work? 13:54 – Do We Ask Too Much of Work? 19:50 – From Disengaged to Engaged 23:10 – Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Joy #Job Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices