Getting people to take ownership of their jobs

Job ownership is a simple business concept that many managers and employees misconstrue.

Coming up through the ranks, we may have heard some old-school managers tell an employee that he/she needed to take ownership of their job. When the confused employee asks how to do that, the classic copout was, "If you don’t know how to take ownership of your job you shouldn’t be working here." Fearful of getting fired or demoted, the employee said they knew and quickly hid. Adding to their uncertainty, they’d ask other employees, only get a slew of different answers. (Have you been there?)

By Walter Sasiadek

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