Loving your job – our journey

Ok – Last week I described the concept of the BHAG. Our BHAG is for everyone in America to love their job. Now I would like to discuss what we as individual team members will need to do to accomplish this goal.

Before we start – take a moment to picture the completion of our BHAG – What would your neighborhood be like if everyone loved their job? Currently less than %15 of Americans love their job. What would your Monday morning commute be like traveling in a subway car of people who couldn’t wait to get to work? What would people’s families be like? I hope this lights you up. I find this to be a world worth fighting for.

So how do we get there? Well to start let’s look at who we need to be as individuals in order to create the type of company that is a force in bringing this BHAG into reality.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about why I love my job and Amanda sent me a response detailing why she loves her job. Thank you for that Amanda. One of the things that she said is that she loves the opportunity to take on things that she has no idea how to accomplish. If you know Amanda – this is something she regularly does. But she does more than take big things on – she accomplishes them and always looks at what is next and makes sure she is challenged.

This is one of the things I love about Amanda – rather than do an about face when stepping out of her comfort zone she dives right in and tackles issue head on.

If we are going to be the type of individuals who participate in this level of transformation of our company and the world we will have to be willing to transform ourselves. We do so by identifying what we are good at and becoming better and knowing where we fall short and aggressively becoming adept. Our BHAG and our current economic situation call us to consistently grow and step out of our comfort zone. We will need to be much better at finding new opportunities and new methods of getting results. We will need to have a commitment to grow as individuals so that we see more opportunities and capitalize on them faster.

This will be hard work but it is incredibly satisfying. Also – It might take decades to have everyone love their job but is important to remember that this is something we can provide for people every day and it makes a difference.

I look forward to discussing this at the all hands meeting.

Peter Laughter