Weland: Work should represent some level of growth for people, that they're not just there to kind of be stagnant. He says the first thing we have to do is realize that we cannot give someone dignity. We can put them in a position to have it," Weland says. "Dignity comes from their realization that it wasn't somebody who just gave it to them, but they earned it"
The concept of dignity in work is at the heart of organizational health, but it's not always as simple as it's made out to be. Dignity requires an emphasis on performance as well as humanity, but too often, companies focus on one at the expense of the other.