Career Mojo at Work
I recently spoke with the Human Resources Director of a Silicon Valley company. She is also Director of an HR consulting group. She was interested in me speaking on career mojo and employee engagement at a leadership conference in Silicon Valley. She specifically wanted to know how I worked with coaching clients and organizations to tap into people’s intrinsic motivation and enhance career development and engagement.
The HR Director and I spoke about my approach to executive/career coaching, and the factors that can tap into employees’ mojo or positive spirit. We also spoke about the Gallup organization’s findings on employee engagement. Employee engagement has been at an historic low level. Company leaders need to tap into workers’ inherent motivation and creative drive to boost the number of actively engaged employees from the paltry 33 percent reported by the Gallup Organization.”
People want work that taps into their intrinsic motivation seeking mastery, autonomy, purpose and self-direction. Employees want their work to be meaningful in order to be happy and fully engaged. Enlightened companies create work cultures that ignite innovation.
The Human Resource Director is interested in me speaking at a workshop about my executive/career clients that have created a clear work/life purpose and are resilient and happy at work. She also wanted me to address how employees could regain their mojo, and stay engaged if they had slipped into nojo. We further discussed how organizational leaders can benefit by working with a seasoned executive coach to enhance their mojo and create meaningful work.
Lost Mojo
In Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It, leadership expert Marshall Goldsmith introduces the term “nojo” — the opposite of mojo.
Nojo sufferers approach their work negatively. They’re bored, frustrated, dispirited and confused about the dark tunnel that envelops their career — and they aren’t shy about sharing their dissatisfaction with others.
Nojo happens when we experience a career failure and don’t get over it. Individuals who are incapable of looking inward to identify their role in a negative event get stuck — and stay stuck. As their spirit sours, they’re never able to recapture their mojo.
In some cases, people seem to have mojo one day and nojo the next. This volatility is often caused by a series of ongoing, hard-to-spot mistakes that in time lead to a crisis. If we can recognize our errors early, we can prevent events from spiraling out of control.
Are you working in a company or law firm where executive coaches are hired to provide career and leadership development for organizational leaders? Does your company or law firm provide leadership coaching to help leaders unleash their career mojo? During uncertain economic times, leaders at all levels need to improve their emotional intelligence and social intelligence skills as part of overall career development.
One of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself is “Have I slipped into career nojo?” Emotionally intelligent and socially intelligent organizations provide executive coaching and career development for leaders who want to fire up their career mojo and be fully engaged at work.
Working with a seasoned executive/career coach trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating assessments such as the Bar-On EQ-I and Denison Culture Survey can help your leaders tap into their intrinsic motivation and career mojo and create happy companies. You can become a leader who models emotional intelligence and social intelligence, and who inspires people to become fully engaged with the vision, mission and strategy of your company or law firm.
I am currently accepting new executive coaching, career coaching, and leadership consulting clients. I work with both individuals and organizations. Call 415-546-1252 or send an inquiry e-mail to mbrusman@workingresources.com.
