Manager on my tombstone? No thanks!
Posted by Pia Lee in Leadership on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 10:33
Following on from the Leadership and Jazz piece, LIW's CEO Pia Lee explores the importance of purpose in business.
"Most people live lives of silent, screaming desperation, doing jobs they hate, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't like." This cheerful quote comes from Nigel Marsh's funny and moving talk on Work-Life Balance at TEDx in Sydney this year. However depressing it sounds, there is a ring of truth to it, isn't there? While the West's obsession with possession will have to be the subject of another article, it is clear that there's so much more that organisations can do to fulfil the working lives of their employees.
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