The Three Signs of a Miserable Job

Now that I got your attention with the Subject line :)

Wanted to pass along my views of a book I just finished reading. The book is called “The 3 signs of a miserable job”. It’s by Patrick Lencioni. The author uses a fable toidentify what makes employees unhappy or lukewarm about their jobs and provide fixes for those.

The 3 – in brief – are:

1. Anonymity: no one knows you
2. Irrelevance: you don’t know if your job matters and to who
3. Immeasurement: No way to measure progress

Even if your team seems happy, it helps to check if these 3 things are being addressed, for example via the annual Objectives.

Amazon link for "The three signs of a miserable job"

It’s an easy read and there is also a book by the same author on “The five dysfunctions of a team” which I used before.

PS: When I shared this with others before, I was asked why I was reading this book. I love my job, thank you :)

thanks, vishy