I work with a lot of clients including lawyers who love their work. A number of my clients like their job, but want to find deeper meaning in their work. However, I see a lot people in my career and executive coaching practice that want to transition to something that is more satisfying.
Transforming your work and life involves discovering your identity, purpose and values. It takes a lot of deep soul-searching. Gaining self-insight into what you are meant to be doing takes a lot of courage and commitment. In an over thirty year career, I have developed a very powerful process to help people discover true meaning at work. It may mean finding new and creative ways to rekindle your commitment at your current work. Alternatively, it may require taking a completely different path.
Are you doing work that you love? Maybe you are hanging on for dear life!
“Without work all life goes rotten- but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.” ─ Albert Camus
Recently there has been discussion among consultants, business owners and CEOs about the search for soul in the workplace. While most agree that religion is not an appropriate topic to approach at work, leaders are examining the role of true meaning and purpose in the corporation, both on an organizational and individual level.
Tom Peters, Stephen Covey and Warren Bennis have joined the discussion. An Internet search reveals many new books on the subject of bringing heart and soul to business. Steven Covey says there is a “spiritual renaissance taking place in the business world today.”
At the same time that corporate leaders are searching to discover ways to ignite commitment and performance, people working at all levels are seeking to find true meaning in what they do. There is a struggle to find what engages one at work at the deepest level.
The nature of work is changing in our world today. Job security is gone. The rapidly changing job environment causes many of us to ask ourselves questions such as, “What is the true meaning or purpose in my work?”
Here are four personal questions that are worth asking:
1. What is my purpose here?
2. How can I bring more meaning to my work?
3. Is this job what I am really meant to do?
4. Is there a place for me and my true values in this workplace?
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