Thelma, an executive assistant at a small manufacturing company, does her job. She goes to work, does what she is told, keeps her head down, enjoys her coworkers and waits until 4:30 to go home to her two children. It has never occurred to her to own her work. She gives her time to the company, and in return, she makes enough money to look after her family.
Does Thelma’s story resonate with you?
Many of us neglect to own our work, so the result is that our work seems to own us. We begrudgingly give it our time and our energy. Although we show up and offer our time to our organization, we feel like we are renting ourselves out for eight hours a day.
