Our lives seem to be a daily battle between what we want and what we need. From cars to houses, to relationships, to food. While most people can distinguish wants from needs, it never hurts to be reminded.
Need: Something you have to have
Want: Something you would like to have
When it comes to work, I have found a lot of leaders overlook the things their people need because of the paycheck that their people receive every two weeks. It’s almost as if they know how important that paycheck so they leverage its power to their advantage and assume that’s all that’s really needed.
Why They Are Wrong
The workforce has changed in a big way. Just this week on the Follow My Lead Podcast former US Navy Captain and author David Marquet said “We used to hire people for their hands, now we are hiring people for their head. We are in a period where the work has changed but the language has not. We have this disconnect between our language and the work.”
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