Want Meaningful Work? Bosses, Stay Out
This should come as no surprise -- meaningful work is not created by your boss, but you. Did you know, though, that meaningful work can be destroyed by your boss? According to a new study, bosses play no role in fostering a sense of meaningfulness at work - but they do have the capacity to destroy it and should stay out of the way, new research shows. Newswise.com reports that the study by researchers at the University of Sussex and the University of Greenwich shows that quality of leadership receives virtually no mention when people describe meaningful moments at work, but poor management is the top destroyer of meaningfulness. I should know. I couldn't count on the fingers on one hand the number of bosses I've had who have (sometimes, intentionally) tried to shut me down when it comes to trying to create work that means something to me. I even had one boss try to get me fired because I spoke up to his boss about looking for more work, trying to find som...