A summary of things you should know about Make It Matter according to Scott Mautz: Introduction In the episode Scott Mautz takes a deep dive into his book, Make ItRead More
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]]>In the episode Scott Mautz takes a deep dive into his book, Make It Matter, where he shows you how managers can motivate by creating meaning and personal significance.
In his book Mautz shares years of research, case studies, and techniques in an all-in-one how to guide for energizing, motivating, and encouraging employees to put in the most effort. The goal of the book is to help you add meaning to any organizational mission, find the internal significance of every employee, eliminate negativity from the workplace, and create unique opportunities of personal growth.
This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who run an organization of 5 or more employees and are looking for the best ways to create a work environment that mimic the best places to work.
I am pretty certain that I am the first author to ever put data to the concept that creating meaning at work is a great way to motivate. I also include dozens and dozens of practical tools that you can apply the very minute after you finish reading the book.
I suggest reading it once through and then go back and use it as a reference guide.
If I had to pinpoint one thing it’d be the concept of what I talk about in that book of what I call profound performance. I’ve learned that when you facilitate meaning it not only drives the employees to engage, it takes them beyond engagement to elevate a performance in true fulfillment. There are so many things that can capture an employee’s time and attention very temporarily but meaning holds the engagement of the employees at the deepest and most fulfilling level that sustains over the long haul.
The book is divided into ten chapters.
In the first chapter, Why Meaning Matters, I really paint the case for just that. The truth is that way too many of us feel a lack of true significance and meaning in how we spend our precious hours at work. In this chapter I lay the case out and put hard data to how the creation of meaning can serve as a competitive advantage in what I call compassionate advantage.
I dive into chapter two, The Markers of Meaning, and things get really interesting here because I have found through my research that there are seven distinct markers of meaning that when you intentionally meet them you can drive meaning and fulfillment. The markers are divided into three sections, when you yield a calming and clarifying sense of interdiction, when you create conditions that lead to a satisfying sense of self-discovery and growth, and when you create conditions that engender devotion to ones work at a deeper connection between the employer and employees in a greater good. And I get really specific within that.
In chapter three I start to dig deeply into each marker meaning. This chapter, The potency of Purpose, I walk through very specifically how as a manager you can carve for yourself or carve out for your people a six step path to purpose. If you follow these six steps I can promise you that by the time you’re done you will have identified what you want your purpose at work to be.
I move on to the fourth chapter where I talk about how to leave your legacy behind. This chapter is broken into two pieces and the first part is called the five footprints of legacy. Then I round out this chapter with what I call The Five Step Footpath to Leaving Legacy Worthy Results at Work.
In chapter five I talk about the power of learning and personal growth at work. I spell out seven very specific ways you can craft an environment that’s rich with learning and personal growth.
In Chapter six I talk about the next core marker of meaning and way to create a sense of Significance at work which is to create a meaningful decision making and influence based culture as well. When people feel like they are a part of making decisions it is incredibly motivating and I spell it out as well as eight things you can do to create autonomy as a manager.
Chapter seven moves on to teach you how to create cultures of consequence and those are cultures that are built on a core of caring, authenticity, and teamwork.
In chapter eight we talk about meaning making leadership very specifically. I talk about how as a leader you can create meaning more so than any of your competitors and I go over four traits of meaning making leadership.
In chapter nine I go the other way and talk about cutting off corrosive behaviors or behaviors that can destroy a sense of certainty, confidence, or community.
I round off the book in chapter ten on how to weave all of the concepts together into a meaning making plan and I provide a couple of options for how to do that.
NOTE: That was just a summary. To get the full deep dive, play the audio clip at 05:29
“We are all at a pivotal moment in life; we just may not know it and you have to live as if you did.” – Scott Mautz
I am an author as of March 4th, when Make It Matter hit the streets. I am also a keynotes speaker and have a fulltime job as a director at Procter & Gamble where I run the company’s largest business. And over my 20 plus years at Procter & Gamble I have run a number of different businesses all multimillion dollars in size.
I have been studying the field of motivation for almost a decade and about seven years ago I discovered a stunning statistic that has been proven over and over again. Which is that almost 70% of us may actually be coated as disengaged at work and even if you’ve heard that statistic before, what’s stunning is that is doesn’t get any better. Year after year the data will show you it keeps declining so whatever we are doing to motivate clearly cannot be working. That has been haunting me for the last half dozen years and I really started working hard at trying to find a way to crack this code. I came across this concept that it’s not pay, it’s not perks, and it’s not promotion, it’s really meaning where you can bring significance into your work and make it matter more. That’s what kept me going and was the inspiration behind this book.
Good to Great by Jim Collins
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]]>7 Unique Styles Of Entrepreneurs What makes an entrepreneur? The ability to transform an idea or innovation into a successful enterprise is what distinguishes a style of an entrepreneur. But,Read More
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What makes an entrepreneur? The ability to transform an idea or innovation into a successful enterprise is what distinguishes a style of an entrepreneur. But, unlike what you may think, not all entrepreneurs are created equal.
Different approaches, different goals, different attitudes make different entrepreneurs. And the differences may not be as pronounced at all times. The question is – do you know which kind of entrepreneur you are?
Before you find out the answer, let’s take a look at the 7 unique styles of entrepreneurs:
Wannabes – Well, they always want to get out of their regular work life and make something big. But that is all they do – they theorize. Wannabe entrepreneurs are always full of ideas about how they can make money only if they had some funds or resources.
The basic idea behind their grand schemes is to get out of their life as an employee at an organization. They are lured by the enticement of freedom, choice and success; but without the capabilities and skills, they always remain where they are.
Survivalists – When it is all about survival, little or no long-term benefits can be achieved. And this is exactly what happens to this category of entrepreneurs. They work just to keep their ventures afloat.
Be it a shop selling trinkets and accessories or a professional offering plumbing service, if they don’t have any long-term goals, they will just survive on their daily earnings. And never turn their efforts into a successful venture.
Managers – It’s good to have some experience of working in a startup before you venture out on your own. But if you are stuck in that role, you will never work on your business; you will always work in it instead.
The focus of managerial entrepreneurs is on the day-to-day work of the entire team. And they fail to pay attention to the other important aspects of it. And that’s why their businesses remain good, but never become great.
Innovators – If you can think on your feet, you have the ability to face and handle different, and difficult, situations. An innovator can do this. When Edison said “I haven’t failed, I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work”, he meant it.
The attitude is what distinguishes an innovator from a failure. Even Bill Gates failed with his initial venture Traf-O-Data. But he didn’t give up, and went on to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all times.
Revolutionaries – What is your goal as an entrepreneur? It’s good to focus on how you can change the world. But as an entrepreneur, you have to focus on other, and more, urgent issues at hand.
For an entrepreneur, it is important to pay attention to profits. And then you have all the opportunity to focus on the good to mankind. But if you take the other way round, you are in for some serious trouble.
Calculators – In a similar fashion, if your sole focus is on the money you make, you’ll soon be swallowed up by the figures. Ending up like Uncle Scrooge thinking about profits won’t be such a nice thing, after all.
The best idea is to maintain a rational balance. Don’t get it wrong; it’s important to get profits if you wish to succeed as an entrepreneur. But it’s also important to focus on the other points such as innovation in products, betterment of services, and so on.
Opportunists – It doesn’t sound too good. But it is perhaps the best approach you can take to be a successful entrepreneur. These entrepreneurs think about the chief reason behind their desire – many love the freedom to do what they want.
They also consider the chances of success of their idea or innovation. And then look for opportunities to make an entrance into the specific industry and the niche. And once they find it, they follow a stepwise process to turn their idea into a successful endeavor.
Lifestyle entrepreneurs do what they love and love what they do and become successful.
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