Bored at Work? Look in the Mirror
Is your job giving you the big yawn? Not enough challenges? Has your tiger turned into a kitten?
Maybe it's not the work that lacks stimulation; maybe it's your attitude toward your job that is the real problem.
HBR.org blogger Susan Cramm provides a litmus test to see if indeed the problem is inside you. Here are questions you should be asking yourself:
- Are you on autopilot?
- Is your energy level down?
- Have you become a conformist?
Wake yourself up by renewing your leadership agenda. Re-engage by mentally firing yourself and spending the next few weeks acting as if you just joined the company. This entails assessing the current situation anew with the help of key stakeholders. Make it a disciplined process.The process involves pulling out of day-to-day activities while you clarify strengths and opportunities, confirm the mandate for change, and determine how to better allocate existing resources. Read the details in her post, Maybe You're the Reason Your Job Is Boring.
Are you bored, bored, bored? What do you intend to do about it in 2010?
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(Yawning cat image by Mt. T in DC, CC 2.0)