purpose mindset
I have written that a “job mindset” refers to someone who believes he or she is employed to perform transactional duties in return for compensation and not much else. For a portion of the population, the job mindset is perfectly fine. They want nothing from work other than the paycheck. They understand the social contract between employee and employer. They don’t seek to rock the company boat nor do they expect anything more than the wage, and possibly the benefits and perquisites that accompany such an employment situation. Some organizations have called this "peace and pay." For those within this particular job mindset, their purpose is found elsewhere.
But my concern rests with the millions of employees who reluctantly possess a job mindset. Like the cleaners Denise and I used to employ who did not have any support or guidance from “upper management”, it’s incumbent upon leaders and managers to help employees find a purpose in the role that they occupy. We might heed the advice of management guru W. Edwards Deming who said, “Management’s overall aim should be to create a system in which everybody may take joy in his work.”
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