{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Finding Real Happiness at Work with Brooke Erol","description":"There\u2019s job satisfaction, and then there\u2019s the real happiness that comes from working at a company whose purpose aligns with yours AND where your job has meaning. We continue our HumansFirst series with Brooke Erol, the founder of Purposeful Business, and she shares how we can become more engaged at work, so we can become more engaged in life. Reflections from a HumansFirst Club meeting What stays with Brooke the most are the conversations they have with their attendees. They opened up their hearts, called the group their \u2018tribe,\u2019 and immediately felt like this was a place they belonged to. Not only is this heartwarming to see, but it verifies what we already know: there\u2019s a lot of hunger for \u2018HumansFirst\u2019 workplaces.   The hunger and the thirst for work to be HumansFirst Our level of consciousness increases over time, and every time it does, the way we lead organizations changes. The concept of purpose is nothing new, but now we\u2019re more aware of it and intrinsically yearn for it. We understand even more now that we can\u2019t separate our work selves and our personal selves. The mindset from the industrial age definitely isn\u2019t working anymore, especially with the new generation. Something\u2019s gotta change. Brooke\u2019s path to HumansFirst Brooke applied the formula given to all of us: good grades, good school, good job. She landed a great job at IBM and she was supposed to be happy. Everything looked great on paper. But in her early 20s, she began to question her purpose. Why was she working there? Was it really what she wanted to do for the rest of her life? With the help of a coach, she realized her purpose was to make people happier at work, and now she has a tribe of amazing people she\u2019s able to talk to about this every day. On expressing her purpose today Brooke runs Purposeful Business to help organizations reinvent themselves and grow based on a foundation of purpose. When that\u2019s the case, profit becomes the byproduct, not the end goal, and everyone wins. Making work more human is the answer \u2014 so what\u2019s the problem? Many workplaces don\u2019t know how to motivate, attract, and retain the new generation. We now value different things than the generation before us, which leads to high turnover at a significant cost. Many employers are also asking how they can get their employees more engaged. It\u2019s an important question, too: when you\u2019re disengaged at work, you\u2019re disengaged from the rest of your life, and you bring that bad energy wherever you go. The awakening This movement is slowly but surely happening on a global scale. It\u2019s getting much more attention than it used to. But many business leaders are trying to make people happy using the old tools: a good compensation plan, bonuses, free coffee, a ping pong table at work. Not that these aren\u2019t great \u2014 they are! \u2014 but that\u2019s not sustainable happiness. Real happiness at work comes from more intrinsic things that we need as human beings, like relationships, and whether we find meaning and purpose in what we do. And that\u2019s what helps with things like engagement, creativity, and innovation. And if you don\u2019t work for a company who\u2019s had the awakening yet, Brooke shares some advice on finding meaning in what you do. Final thoughts It all boils down to our belief system. If you believe that it\u2019s possible to treat people with the dignity and respect they deserve, and make them feel like they matter whatever their job is and that what they do contributes to a bigger purpose, that will bring the best results for your organization and for everyone. Wanting to grow as a HumansFirst leader and connect in meaningful conversations with other HumansFirst leaders? Join me for HumansFirst Book Club where we do a deep dive into a book a month and often engage the authors in conversation. Resources LinkedIn Twitter Purposeful Business Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family (Amazon) HPP Episode 33 \u2013 Explore, Discover and Transform Work with Gary Adamson Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance\u2014and What We Can Do About It (Amazon) Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success (Amazon) ","author_name":"Higher Purpose Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/higherpurposepodcast.com","html":"