Good Work and Employee Engagement

Is your work good?

Here is a ZENgagement quotation relating to employee engagement from Howard Gardner edited book, Responsibility at Work:

We crave work that is of excellent technical quality, work that is ethically pursued and socially responsible, and work that is engaging, enjoyable, and feels good. Of course such work is more easily described than achieved. Not all work is executed at a level of excellence, not all work is carried out in an ethical manner, and alas, not all work engages the passions of the worker. Still, to the extent that our work is under our control, we like to do what we can to become good workers ourselves and to encourage good work on the part of those with whom we come into contact and those over whom we exercise some control (p. 5)

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