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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.70,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm curious.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.06,0:00:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many people out there\Nhave ever felt that pit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.18,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of dread and anxiety\Nin your stomach on Sunday night
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're getting ready \Nto get back to work on Monday?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.42,0:00:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A show of hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.10,0:00:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And has anyone here ever had a job
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.68,0:00:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you actually hated?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.84,0:00:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A show of hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.16,0:00:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can relate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.61,0:00:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember a job that I had
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.75,0:00:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the cubicle where I worked\Nin the office building
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.62,0:00:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked out over a marina.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.55,0:00:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a training specialist\Nfor a large cellular company
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.76,0:00:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the shores of Lake Washington,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.19,0:00:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on sunny days,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.26,0:01:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people would often wander about the docks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.72,0:01:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a break or on a day off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.38,0:01:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would sometimes pull myself \Naway from my work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.49,0:01:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watch them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.91,0:01:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made up stories about them in my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.48,0:01:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagined where they lived -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.84,0:01:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it's kind of odd -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.49,0:01:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their families, and most of all,\Ntheir work situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.74,0:01:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would project onto their happy faces
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.37,0:01:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kinds of work that happy people did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.94,0:01:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagined them with bosses \Nthat they respected,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.87,0:01:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colleagues whom they trusted,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.47,0:01:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing work that mattered.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.94,0:01:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, I'd have to pull my eyes away
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.81,0:01:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the bucolic scene\Nin front of me, back to my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.97,0:01:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would often notice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.12,0:01:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the big white wall clock above,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.20,0:01:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would watch the minute hand slowly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.32,0:01:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tick forward towards quitting time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.18,0:02:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very unhappy at that job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.05,0:02:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the contrast between what I imagined
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.34,0:02:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people at the marina's lives to be \Nand what my life had actually become
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.45,0:02:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was stark and vast.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.64,0:02:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very unhappy at that job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.29,0:02:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think my work was probably shoddy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.33,0:02:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I spent a lot of time in hiding\Nthat I'd be caught out as a slacker.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.64,0:02:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That job might have been perfect \Nfor someone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.18,0:02:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was making me miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.05,0:02:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was completely and totally mis-fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.35,0:02:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an organizational \Ndevelopment consultant,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.08,0:02:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that I study people \Nin systems, mostly work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.11,0:02:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've often asked myself the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.09,0:02:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would be possible if everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.23,0:02:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do mean everyone, \Nin every job around the globe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.46,0:02:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually loved their work?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.94,0:03:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that question, \Nwith any luck at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.33,0:03:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might permanently alter the relationship \Nbetween employer and employee.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.04,0:03:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past 30 years, I have heard \Nstory after story of job misery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.15,0:03:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like Mischa who said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.77,0:03:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It hurt to start a job \Nwith such hope and optimism
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.81,0:03:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to find myself feeling\Nundermined, unsupported,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.19,0:03:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling corrected at every turn."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.31,0:03:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Hank who said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.27,0:03:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hating your job sucks, \Nand it consumes you."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.24,0:03:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're simply getting by at work,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.95,0:03:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our goodness and our gifts \Nstay completely hidden.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.43,0:03:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work matters to us in so many ways \Nbeyond our paycheck.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.25,0:03:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It impacts our identity, \Nour physical and emotional wellbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.40,0:04:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our family relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.04,0:04:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even our ability to interact\Nwith our community in a healthy way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.34,0:04:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just individuals \Nwho suffer when we're mis-fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.95,0:04:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undermotivated, unconnected \Nand unengaged employees
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.81,0:04:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cost companies globally \Nbillions of dollars in accidents,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.44,0:04:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,errors, rework, and lost productivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.19,0:04:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our global economy demands\Nthat organizations grow
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.84,0:04:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sustain themselves over time,\Nand those that don't will fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.95,0:04:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The companies in every sector that make it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.68,0:04:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need people who come\Nto work there every day alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.80,0:04:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nonetheless, despite \Nour collective knowing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.85,0:04:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we as human beings simply do better
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.79,0:04:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're happy and thriving at work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.72,0:04:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,workers today are really not feeling it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.82,0:05:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, a recent Towers Perrin \Nstudy of 35,000 employees
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.78,0:05:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showed that just a mere 17%\Nfelt actively engaged in their jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.58,0:05:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gallup's most recent data revealed \Nthat 90% of people they surveyed -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.13,0:05:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's 9 out of 10 people -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.44,0:05:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said they were either disengaged\Nor actively disengaged with their work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.02,0:05:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And millennials were \Nthe least engaged of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.86,0:05:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Energy Project's recent \NQuality of Life survey
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.13,0:05:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revealed that 50%\Nof the people they spoke with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.99,0:05:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,felt emotionally depleted,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.15,0:05:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physically drained,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.42,0:05:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentally distracted, and lacking\Nin meaning and purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.70,0:05:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can do better, and it's time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.21,0:05:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1700s, Scotsman Adam Smith,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.84,0:06:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considered by many to be the founder \Nof modern industrial economics,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.62,0:06:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professed that most of us as people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.42,0:06:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were motivated mostly \Nout of self-interest.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.49,0:06:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I disagree.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.02,0:06:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think as human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.03,0:06:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much more\Nthat motivates us than our pay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.86,0:06:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, we need to be compensated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.04,0:06:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I like the way Barry Schwartz \Nsaid it in his book "Why we work":
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.47,0:06:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Most of all, we want work \Nthat's meaningful -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.61,0:06:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes a difference \Nto other people and ennobles us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.02,0:06:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least in some small way."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.23,0:06:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important to remember\Nthat most of the time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.97,0:06:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't receive any training\Nfor how to find a great work-fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.80,0:06:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we're taught\Nhow to write a resumé
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.40,0:06:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how to do networking,\Nbut oftentimes -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.12,0:06:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know about you,\Nbut when I receive a job offer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.73,0:06:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just breathe a sigh of relief\Nat being wanted,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.08,0:06:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quickly check the offer,\Nand set a start date.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.69,0:07:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though often when we take a job, \Nwe think of it as lasting a lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.25,0:07:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not really how it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.39,0:07:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The needs we have for work-fit\Nchange significantly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.21,0:07:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the course of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.88,0:07:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What matters in our 20s\Nis vastly different
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.53,0:07:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what matters to us \Nin our work in our 50s.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.30,0:07:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we started thinking \Nabout our work experience
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.97,0:07:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as more of a dynamic journey \Nto multiple destinations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.57,0:07:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than a Mecca \Nthat we visit only once?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.69,0:07:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, most of our children \Nand grandchildren
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.15,0:07:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't going to have\None or two cornerstone careers,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.90,0:07:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're going to have 12 or 15\Nor more job opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.60,0:07:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The imperative for being able \Nto assess work-fit,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.71,0:07:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place that brings out \Nour absolute best,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.71,0:07:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has never been higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.35,0:07:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But happiness at work is not \Nthe magical result of getting lucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.02,0:07:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although that is often how it feels\Nwhen we find a job we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.76,0:07:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our research has shown \Ntwo key elements to finding work-fit,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.29,0:07:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the first one is you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.78,0:08:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.42,0:08:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second ingredient to work-fit \Nis your ability to assess a workplace
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.55,0:08:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being one that's right for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.23,0:08:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems straightforward, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.88,0:08:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two things, self-awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.69,0:08:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ability to assess\Nan organization from the outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.00,0:08:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what adds up to a great work-fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.22,0:08:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's start by looking at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.37,0:08:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.54,0:08:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sounds easier than it actually is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.47,0:08:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To deeply know ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.07,0:08:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to examine our strengths\Nand our brutal weaknesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.06,0:08:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to look at\Nour motivations and our fears.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.53,0:08:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes vulnerability,\Nit takes courage, and it takes time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.27,0:08:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember a blinding newsflash moment\Nin my own life, of self-awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.40,0:08:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in university, \NI was studying to be a journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.23,0:08:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted nothing more\Nthan to work for a daily periodical.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.12,0:09:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got a job for the school newspaper,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.52,0:09:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with my Steno pad in hand\NI started scooping stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.29,0:09:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote well, and the feedback \NI got was very positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.11,0:09:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem I had\Nwas the whole deadline thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.84,0:09:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.50,0:09:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm kind of hardwired \Nto be a procrastinator,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.55,0:09:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a serious case\Nof FOMO most of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.56,0:09:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a great story idea for me on Friday, \Nby Monday often was boring.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.09,0:09:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My editor was always writing me\Nabout deadlines.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.77,0:09:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite how painful it was \Nto let go of a dream I had
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.73,0:09:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a number of years \Nof working for a daily paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.17,0:09:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to admit that\Na deadline-sensitive career,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.96,0:09:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where deadlines ruled,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.53,0:09:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was probably not going to be \Nthe best place for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.86,0:09:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That critical moment really helped me\Nmake some better decisions at a young age.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.78,0:10:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a self-awareness moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.64,0:10:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that when we're mis-fit \Nat work, it's not that we're broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.85,0:10:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although it often feels that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.48,0:10:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's often happening \Nis simply that the alchemy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.22,0:10:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between us, or you, \Nand your workplace, is mis-fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.32,0:10:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that just because\Na job works really well
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.100,0:10:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Google or Apple for someone
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.70,0:10:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean that you're going\Nto find a great fit there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.68,0:10:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's look at part two \Nof finding a great work-fit:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.85,0:10:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability to assess \Na workplace from the outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.06,0:10:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our research has identified six elements
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.83,0:10:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that matter to most of us\Nwhen it comes to work-fit,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.53,0:10:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll look at them one at a time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.67,0:10:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These elements aren't presented \Nin any particular order,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.35,0:10:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even in the course of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.97,0:10:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the elements have shifted\Nvery much in terms of priority.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.45,0:10:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll probably recognize that\Ndepending on what age group you represent.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.44,0:10:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first element we have discovered\Nis the element of work-fit
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.62,0:11:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we call meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.95,0:11:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning has to do\Nwith the extent to which you feel
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.05,0:11:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what you do matters \Nto someone or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.88,0:11:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Job fit is the extent to which\Nyour skills and experience
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.76,0:11:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are well-matched to the job\Nresponsibilities that you have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.33,0:11:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to your background.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.17,0:11:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Culture fit happens\Nwhen our values and beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.86,0:11:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really sync up with the professed\Nand practiced values and beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.63,0:11:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the organization where we work.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.77,0:11:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth is relationship fit,\Nwhich is when we actually like
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.95,0:11:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respect the people\Nthat we work for and with.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.50,0:11:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lifestyle fit is that magical \Nthing that happens
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.63,0:11:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the way we dream of our life being
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.11,0:11:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually is supported by the policies\Nand practices of our employer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.20,0:12:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, financial fit\Nis when we feel we're paid fairly,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.41,0:12:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can make ends meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.10,0:12:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I graduated from college, \Nthe two elements we talked about the most
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.11,0:12:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were job fit and financial fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.76,0:12:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you could find a job that paid, \Nthat was a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.99,0:12:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the past 30 or more years,\Nthe currencies have really shifted,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.14,0:12:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with culture, meaning, relationship, \Nand lifestyle elevating in importance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.59,0:12:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at a couple of examples\Nof how these elements might interplay
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.22,0:12:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during a different stage of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.96,0:12:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early in my career, \NI worked for Christine.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.32,0:12:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was well-renowned in our field, \Nand I respected her greatly.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.15,0:12:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, our relationship \Nwas a match made in heaven -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.77,0:12:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was eager to please \Nand she liked the output.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.08,0:12:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over time, cracks\Nappeared in our relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.52,0:12:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her perfectionism \Ncreated a culture of fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.87,0:12:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even newbie mistakes that I made,\Nshe was harshly critical of.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.08,0:12:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just a matter of time before \NI noticed I was scanning the want ads
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.56,0:13:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Sundays - it's how\Nwe did it back then -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.04,0:13:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find a different job.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.02,0:13:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that situation, that job met \Nmy financial needs in my early 20s.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.45,0:13:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had a lot of meaning for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.93,0:13:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a drug and alcohol counselor, \Nand that mattered.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.42,0:13:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the lifestyle perfectly suited\Nthe stage of life I was in.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.87,0:13:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem was \Nmy relationship with Christine,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.81,0:13:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which became broken and fragmented,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.24,0:13:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ultimately meant I had to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.92,0:13:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at one more example.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.96,0:13:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In mid-career, I worked \Nfor an organization
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.21,0:13:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that professed to have\Nvery strong family values.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.38,0:13:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I came back\Nfrom the birth of my first child,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.55,0:13:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the long work hours, inflexibility\Naround start and end times,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.28,0:13:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a virtual desert of storytelling\Nabout parents that had succeeded there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.09,0:13:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left me feeling very self-conscious
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.51,0:13:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mis-fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.92,0:13:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My son's first illness required\Nheartbreaking compromises
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.16,0:13:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the kind of mother that I wanted to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.03,0:14:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had felt very fit there\Nbefore I was a parent
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.76,0:14:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and completely mis-fit, culturally, after.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.30,0:14:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That job was perfectly suited \Nto my experience and my education,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.04,0:14:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved and respected \Nmy boss and my colleagues,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.52,0:14:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the financial fit was very high.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.06,0:14:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ultimately, the culture\Nof that organization
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.06,0:14:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not match the kinds\Nof needs that I had
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.04,0:14:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what mattered to me at that stage\Nof my life as a young mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.31,0:14:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about your assessment\Nof an organization from the outside
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.71,0:14:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as like a detective exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.31,0:14:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a sleuth-like effort to figure out,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.31,0:14:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can my gifts actually show up here?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.17,0:14:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pay attention to how they do things\Nat that organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.22,0:14:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk to everyone you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.10,0:14:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice how they do things,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.59,0:14:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you think - \Nagainst those six elements -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.82,0:14:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your best would be activated there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.02,0:15:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pay attention as if \Nyour life depended on it
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.86,0:15:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, after all, the quality\Nof your life actually does.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.12,0:15:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I continue to be amazed\Nat how many people,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.50,0:15:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I tell them\Nwhat I'm working on with work-fit,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.89,0:15:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are eager to tell me their story,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.03,0:15:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often of mis-fit but sometimes of fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.91,0:15:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love hearing the success stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.15,0:15:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take John, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.89,0:15:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John was a professional athlete,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.70,0:15:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he also worked \Nin high-tech in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.66,0:15:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine his delight when he was able\Nto negotiate with his boss
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.58,0:15:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way to flex his schedule\Nso that he could train in the mornings
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.77,0:15:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and work in his field\Nin the afternoons and evenings,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.65,0:15:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still supporting his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.19,0:15:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or take Joanne as an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.28,0:15:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 25 years in the field \Nof accounting, working for a big firm,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.47,0:15:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was laid off due to downsizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.61,0:15:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a devastating blow.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.39,0:15:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It precipitated a couple of months \Nof painful self-reflection.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.06,0:16:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ultimately, Joanne was able \Nto find a job for a local nonprofit,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.37,0:16:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still in financial services,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.10,0:16:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they had a mission \Nthat she could really get behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.81,0:16:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did have to take a small cut in pay,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.05,0:16:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was the perfect \Ncareer-capping move for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.60,0:16:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.99,0:16:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organizations are what they are,\Nand they're going to do what they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.95,0:16:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, most of them\Norganically evolve over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.19,0:16:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes one company versus another
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.63,0:16:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great place for you to work\Nis all about the extent to which
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.16,0:16:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they facilitate you bringing\Nyour absolute best every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.25,0:16:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.65,0:16:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of hustling to prove \Nto an employer that we're worthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.04,0:16:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we elevate the importance of work-fit
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.97,0:17:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can thrive\Nrather than just survive,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.18,0:17:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd invite you to think about then, \Nwhat would actually be possible
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.18,0:17:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if every worker, from front-line \Nto mid-management to senior executive,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.16,0:17:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually woke up every day\Nloving their work?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.67,0:17:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Kahlil Gibran once said, \N"Work is love made visible."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.92,0:17:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's get to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.32,0:17:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)