EntreLeadership How to Love and Excel in Your Work as a Leader with Marcus Buckingham
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May 2, 2022 Marcus Buckingham explores the “red threads” that bring meaning to work, how leaders can help teams feel seen, and why schools may train students to take tests instead of ask questions. Then, a practical conversation tackles what to do when someone on your team has lost their passion for the job.
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Red Threads Explain Why Some Moments Make Work Joyful
- Every day is made of many small moments and some of those moments are "red threads" where time flies and you feel mastery.
- Marcus Buckingham says 20% red-thread time in your day substantially raises productivity, creativity, resilience and lowers quitting risk.
Org Design Often Kills Individual Passion
- Modern organizations often create loveless work through surveillance, strict rules, and huge spans of control that prevent managers from helping people find red threads.
- Buckingham says nurse supervisor ratios of 1:60 or similar structures make it impossible to notice individual loves and support them.
Start With Teams To Bring Red Threads Into Work
- Start at the team level rather than waiting for sweeping company policy changes; team leaders can ask about each person's loves and weave them into daily contribution.
- Marcus recommends team leaders be curious about unique red threads even for people in identical jobs.