So Many People Dislike Their Jobs. What Do You Like About Yours? ??Help a Project Manager Out! (#HAPMO, September 2019)

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Help a Project Manager Out! (#HAPMO) is a pro bono initiative designed to help everyone who has an interest or passion for delivering projects. It doesn't matter what your title or industry is. It doesn't matter if you are currently leading projects or hope to do so someday. 

There's a community of professionals here who want to help.

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??What Do You Like About Your Job?

Someone recently told me that, among his friends, it seems like everyone hates their jobs. Maybe hate is over-stating it (or not), but let’s say there’s not a whole lot of joy being experienced at work by that circle of friends.

At Barry-Wehmiller, they famously seek “to send our team members home safe, well and fulfilled by their time with us. Our commitment is to the total wellbeing of our associates and their family members.”

B-W has an impressive if not perfect track record of living out that aspiration. But pick your favorite engagement survey—the results tend to paint a picture that looks a lot more like that “circle of disgruntled friends” than “Barry-Wehmiller”.

There are clearly people in project-related roles that dislike their jobs. But in my work with organizations around the world, I find that many people responsible for leading projects and teams like—even enjoy—many aspects of their jobs. If there are struggles in the role, often they say it has to do with a bad boss or dysfunctional culture more than the job itself.

It would be easy for us to elaborate on the challenges of our jobs as leaders of teams and projects. But in this HAPMO edition, let’s take a more positive twist.

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What do you like about your job? Though no job is perfect, what are the elements of leading people and projects that you truly enjoy—find engaging and satisfying? And what have you done to create these conditions for yourself? Leave a comment to share your insights with us all. You might just encourage and inspire some of your colleagues by your response.

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