Last month I issued the challenge to submit your “Six Words about Work” to the Mercer/SMITH Magazine contest. The contest sought to add color to the key findings of Mercer’s global What’s Working survey, which partially found:
While U.S. employees voiced concerns and frustrations about work through the survey, they also confirmed that certain factors contribute significantly to their motivation and engagement at work, including:
- Being treated with respect (82 percent cited this factor as being very important to motivation and engagement);
- The quality of leadership in the organization (75 percent);
- Being able to provide good service to others (75 percent);
- The quality of the people they work with (74 percent).”
I can’t say I’m all that surprised by Mercer’s survey findings, and I think my own submissions reflected that ethos:
But the winners’ submissions (as reported in a Mercer press release) were well chosen:
What are your six words? Alternately, what winning six words do you identify with the most?
You can find more from Derek Irvine on his Recognize This! blog.
