According to Gallup, people with high Career Wellbeing are more than twice as likely to be thriving in their lives overall. But only 20% of people strongly agree that they like what they do each day. That means 4 out of 5 people don’t like what they do each day, impacting their overall employee wellbeing.
Because Career Wellbeing often relies on partnership with others in your organization or different conversations with your clients it can be seen as outside of the scope of wellness. So, what can you do to impact this foundational element of wellbeing?
That what today’s guest, Dr. Jim Harter, Chief Scientist for Gallup's Workplace Management and Well-being Practice, answers for us today. Dr. Harter is co-author of the New York Times bestseller 12: The Elements of Great Managing, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements, and his research is featured in First, Break All the Rules. His 5 Strengths are: Achiever, Focus, Learner, Relator and Futuristic.
In this interview, Jim and I discuss the research behind the 5 Elements of Wellbeing and he answers my burning question – where does emotional health fall into the dimensions?
We then dig into Career Wellbeing - what it is, the research behind it and why they are moving towards term Purpose. We discuss why so many people seem to live for the weekends, the link between poor career wellbeing and health and how we (and our organizations) can positively impact career or purpose wellbeing.
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