5 ways to create purpose that engages employees. Plus two practical

bonus tips from Aaron Hurst and Andrew Hewitt

“Gallup research… indicates that only slightly more than one-third of U.S. workers strongly agree that their company’s mission or purpose makes them feel their job is important.”

A quick reality-check on the current employee engagement landscape in America...

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The key to being engaged/having engaged employees is to find and fulfill individual purpose.

But how?

We understand the importance of finding your purpose, and in order to help we ran a Twitter chat on Wednesday May 6 on Purpose & Engagement.

Aaron HurstCEO, Imperative

Bestselling Author of ‘The Purpose Economy’

Participants joined Aaron Hurst,

Andrew Hewitt, real-world

practitioners as well as judges

and speakers from our

Employee Engagement Awards

and Conference taking place on

June 17 in New York.

Andrew HewittFounder, GameChangers 500

Speaker, consultant, and guest lecturer

Conference link: http://bit.ly/eeexcellence

In this hour-long chat we asked a variety of experts five questions around finding and utilizing purpose to create a people-centric organization.

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We have taken their insights from the Twitter chat, in which the #GetEngaged hashtag reached 600K people, to give you five ways to create purpose that engages people.

An organization needs a purpose bigger than themselves for people to connect with.1

Purpose is created when people and organizations work together to create value.2

Remember: Purpose isn’t created from a statement. It’s created from doing things that are meaningful.3

Embrace a culture that enables individuals to be themselves at work. 4

Get inspiration from companies that are leading purpose-driven organizations.5

Tie success to their purpose and inspires 33k employees to make a positive impact for customer, communities and the planet.

Driven by making people’s lives easier on social media. Powerful culture that inspires their team and others.

Uses community organizing practices to lead.

An amazing sense of purpose, cohesion, dedication and fun!

Exceptional at empowering employees to engage in job tailoring.

Encourage people to bring themselves to work.Hire purpose-driven

professionals.

Bonus Insights!We asked purpose-experts Aaron Hurst and Andrew Hewitt two bonus questions to help you get started on finding your purpose.

What’s one thing you can do now to get started on

finding your purpose?

The first step to tailor your work to maximize purpose is to appreciate the purpose you already have today. At the end of the day take 1 minute and reflect on what brought energy and inspiration. What work? Conversations? Learning? Impact?

Over time, look for patterns for what brings meaning to your work and intentionally find ways to do more of those things. It is that easy.

Aaron Hurst, CEO, Imperative and bestselling author of “The Purpose Economy”

Research purpose-driven companies.

Note which ones make you FEEL inspired. Look for common themes of the industries, causes, or company practices that inspires you most. Lean into the area you are most inspired by that can benefit most from your unique strengths.

Andrew Hewitt, Founder of GameChangers 500

What metrics can you use to define purpose?

The best metric I know is simply rating the levels of meaning you get from relationships, making and impact and personal growth.

Once a week write down a number from 1-10 reflecting how strongly you agree with each of these statements:

1. I have deeply meaningful relationship at work.

2. My work matters.3. I am growing as a personal and

professional through my work.Aaron Hurst CEO, Imperative and bestselling author of “The Purpose Economy”

Andrew HewittFounder of GameChangers 500

The method I find most useful for helping organizations define their purpose and measure their progress is a Theory of Change. This includes:

1. An Intended Impact statement. 2. The Strategies (initiatives) for

creating the impact you intend. 3. Impact Measurements for tracking

your progress towards your intended impact.

1. An organization needs a purpose bigger than themselves for people to connect with.

2. Purpose is created when people and organizations work together to create value.

3. Remember: Purpose isn’t created from a statement. It’s created from doing things that

are meaningful.

4. Embrace a culture that enables individuals to be themselves at work.

5. Get inspiration from companies that are leading purpose-driven organizations.

In summary...5 ways to create purpose with employee engagement.

#GetEngaged

Get started on finding your purposeJoin Aaron Hurst, and other thought-leaders, as they take you on a journey to discovering your purpose and becoming an employee-centric company.

The Employee Engagement Awards & Conference (http://bit.ly/eeexcellence) is an event for the forward-thinkers of this world to come together, learn, network and get engaged!

Throughout the day you’ll gain practical insights and strategies which you can apply to your business straight away. There are also plenty of networking opportunities and you can’t miss the drinks reception on the Tribeca 360 Rooftop where we’ll announce the winners of The Employee Engagement Awards (http://bit.ly/eeexcellence).

Book your ticket today (http://bit.ly/1ECN6ZB) and save $500 using the code PURPOSEDECK (expires 5/15).