Meaning in Work Groups: A Practitioner’s Approach | Kathryn Britton | MC6 W2a

PAPER SESSIONS: Positive Psychology
Room A (Blackcomb)
Kathryn Britton, MA Coach and Adjunct Professor at University of Maryland
Meaning in Work Groups: A Practitioner’s Approach

Having a shared and valued purpose at work—a sense of collaborating on something larger than profit and personal ambition —can be a great source of energy, engagement, motivation, and team unity. This presentation will build on research about meaning and purpose, much of which focuses on individuals. It will explore the importance of shared purpose as a basis for collaboration and teamwork. The practices described in this talk can be used by employees themselves, supervisors, human resource professionals, and outside consultants. Examples include a business case justifying attention to shared purpose, a brief assessment that a group can use to explore its level of shared and valued purpose, a brainstorming approach for articulating the shared and valued purpose, and a flow chart for identifying situations where motivation can be boosted by a clearer sense of purpose. This presentation links research to practical actions and stories. Underlying research includes Self-Determination theory, Engagement work by both Gallup and the MacLeod and Clarke team in the United Kingdom, Job/Career/Calling work by Amy Wrzesniewski , and Meaningfulness at Work versus Meaningfulness in Work by Michael Pratt and Blake Ashforth.

The practical approaches come from my work at IBM, from coaching technical professionals, and from teaching. Shared purpose is a unifying theme in the graduate course on managing project teams that I co-teach at the University of Maryland. Students tell stories from experience as practicing engineers in government, corporate, and educational environments.

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