Craft A Job You Love From A Job You Have

How to find more meaning and happiness at work without having to find a new job

What you'll learn
The reasons leaving your job is not the best solution to being happier at work
How to be empowered and accountable for your own levels of job satisfaction
How to alter your work in ways you never thought possible
How to connect with people you love more and alter your work environment
How to reconnect and find greater meaning in the work that you do
Three research based strategies that can immediately impact how satisfied and engaged you are with your work
The best way to handle a negative boss
Requirements
You should be willing to let go of your previous beliefs about work and your current job
You should approach this course with an open mind and willingness to try something new
You should still want to try and make your current job work for you
Description
Did you use to love your job but now find yourself wondering what else is out there?Did something happen at work that is now making you question if you’re at the right place?Do you actually like where you work but are trying to figure out how to LOVE it?Too often people take the "easy" way out when they feel stuck at work. They leave. Initially it makes sense to think that to find more meaning at work you need to find a new job. Ultimately though, if you were to fast forward 2 years you're going to feel the same way. That's not to say that you can't find meaning in a new job, but it's implying that finding meaning is more of an inside job.If you’re wondering how to make the most out of any job you’re at, then this course is for you.After completing this course you will define your "perfect" job, learn and create action plans related to three research based strategies that can immediately impact how satisfied and engaged you are with your work, and learn two strategies that can help you deal with a problem boss.

Overview

Section 1: Instructions

Lecture 1 How to take this course and what to expect

Lecture 2 How to take this course and what to expect

Section 2: Introduction

Lecture 3 Introduction: Welcome to Craft a job you love from a job you have!

Section 3: Your ideal job

Lecture 4 Your ideal job

Lecture 5 What is your perfect job?

Lecture 6 What have you disliked about your past and current job?

Lecture 7 Group the specific things you dislike into general categories

Lecture 8 What have you liked about your past and current job?

Lecture 9 Group the specific things you like into general categories

Lecture 10 The categories of job satisfaction

Lecture 11 Could you already have your "perfect" job?

Section 4: An overview of job crafting

Lecture 12 An overview of job crafting

Section 5: Your actual work

Lecture 13 Your actual work

Lecture 14 Think about your actual work

Lecture 15 How to take control of your actual work

Lecture 16 You get to choose the work that you do

Lecture 17 A summary - actual work

Section 6: The social context at work

Lecture 18 What is the social context or environment?

Lecture 19 Improving your social environment: Your customers

Lecture 20 Improving your social environment: Your customers

Lecture 21 Improving your social environment: Your resources

Lecture 22 A summary - social environment

Section 7: Finding meaning through work

Lecture 23 The meaning at the core of your work

Lecture 24 How to find meaning at work

Lecture 25 Your reminder to find meaning

Lecture 26 A summary - meaning

Section 8: You made it!

Lecture 27 A summary of the course, Craft a job you love from a job you have

Section 9: BONUS: What to do when your main problem is your boss

Lecture 28 So your biggest problem is your boss…

Lecture 29 Your frame of mind

Lecture 30 The power of questions

Lecture 31 A summary - your problem boss

Section 10: Contact your teacher!

Lecture 32 How to contact your teacher, Dr. Benjamin Ritter

Students that want to be happier at work with the desire to take responsibility and action to craft a job they can love from a job they have,Students that are thinking about leaving their job,Students that feel that they want "more" from their job