In a previous post, I talked about Purpose and Meaning at the job. Although one of the most overlooked aspects by managers and, sometimes, even employees, having a meaningful job is not enough. To really test if I can help to improve a job description or my team day-to-day activities, I tend to apply what I call the “Dan Pink’s Test“:

I was talking with a friend about career and her job. It was Tuesday, after a 5 day holiday, and she was not happy. What she began describing as a general frustration, sadness and lack of interest in her current job, as we dug deeper, turned out to be caused by a single reason: She was felling a little bit like Sisyphus.