One more thing as to satisfaction and expectations in the workplace. Be happy. Don’t worry about the circumstances around you. Just be happy. That sounds cheesy and fairy-tale-esque. Be sometimes, happiness is about a choice to overcome your circumstances. Here are some ideas to get started.
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What do you expect from work? There are sometimes when work is just bad and that leads to dissatisfaction. Other times, it’s because we have unrealistic expectations. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be optimistic. However, expecting work to fulfill all of your needs, in most cases, is setting yourself up to be dissatisfied. There’s [...]
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The other finding that my organizational communication class really identified was that job satisfaction decreased and burnout increased the further away employees were from the mission of the nonprofit. One organization had a central headquarters that managed things and several sites where the actual helping work of the nonprofit was carried out. Groups looking at this organization said [...]
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I was speaking at a nonprofit last week, and I wanted to share one of the things that I shared with them. Burnout is a serious problem in nonprofit organizations, just as it is in for-profit businesses. Burnout reduces productivity, efficiency, and overall satisfaction, in addition to creating stress and anxiety. One important way of [...]
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