Job crafting – how to redesign your role

Job crafting is a proven activity to increase our engagement, performance and wellbeing at work and in this week’s Squiggly Careers podcast, Sarah and Helen talk about how to put the theory into action. They discuss the benefits of job crafting, the areas to focus on and 5 specific actions you can take to start to redesign your role.

Resources:

Harvard Business Review – Managing Yourself: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want

https://hbr.org/2010/06/managing-yourself-turn-the-job-you-have-into-the-job-you-want

Micro job crafting

https://www.cipd.co.uk/Images/micro-job-crafting_tcm18-59082.pdf

What is job crafting and why does it matter

https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/What-is-Job-Crafting-and-Why-Does-it-Matter1.pdf

Watch: Job Crafting – Amy Wrzesniewski on creating meaning in your own work