As Independence Day approaches, I wonder how much freedom we can stand and how much we can stand to allow our employees.

Within appropriate limits (your definition) what would be your 5 answers to this question:

To make your work more interesting and more enjoyable, what changes would you make?

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Now, without any limits except that you fulfill expectations and time requirements, what 5 answers would you give the same question:

To make your work more interesting and more enjoyable, what changes would you make?

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5. .

Those questions were meant just to warm you up. Here are the real thinkers:

• Would you offer those two questions to your reporting employees?

• Would you discuss and consider their first set of answers? Their second set of answers?

• What benefits might come from this activity and its discussion…for you, your employees, your team?

I hope you’ll comment…and comment on the comments.

Tags: employee, engagement, enjoyment