Make It Matter: How Managers Can Motivate by Creating Meaning

The startling truth is that 70% of the workforce is disengaged - their bodies may put in long hours, but their hearts and minds never punch in. This is a terrible dilemma for organizations trying to motivate employees to do more with less. Make It Matter is the antidote to crisis levels of disengagement and the first book that serves as a practical, yet inspiring how-to guide for motivating by creating meaning?- the?motivational force of our times.

Distilling research, case studies, stories, and interviews with managers at great companies to work for, leadership expert Scott Mautz unveils 7 essential Markers of Meaning that can be triggered to create meaning in and at work. You'll get dozens of tools and learn about the power of:

• Direction - Reframe work to add meaning and motivation, and help people find a sense of significance and purpose in what they do
• Discovery - Craft the richest kind of opportunities to learn, grow, and influence, while helping people feel valued
• Devotion - Cultivate an authentic, caring culture, master meaning-making leadership behaviors, and drive out corrosive behaviors that can unknowingly drain meaning at work

When people feel that they matter, they give their all. Channel that power and everyone profits.