How can you job craft?

How can you job craft?

So we know why job crafting is beneficial for employees and organisations. We know what the different types of job crafting are. But what about the How of job crafting? How do we make job crafting a reality in our working day-to-day? And how do we measure this and the outcomes of job crafting?

How can you encourage job crafting in the workplace?

A beneficial way of encouraging personal reflection on how work is being carried out is by asking yourself the following six question themes. These questions are designed to stimulate thought, energy and excitement about the aspects of your work you are interested in personalising and crafting further, as well as helping identify opportunities to shift and change.

What are the different types of job crafting?

What are the different types of job crafting?

In our last blog, we presented an introduction to job crafting and focused on the Why of job crafting - why personalising your work matters and the benefits it has been found to bring to employees and the wider organisation. This blog explores the What of job crafting - what the different types of job crafting are - to build a clearer understanding of the forms job crafting can take in the workplace. There are five core types of job crafting.

Why does job crafting matter?

Why does job crafting matter?

We eagerly welcome personalization into our lives - whether that is the opportunity to personalise our clothes, tins of chocolate or designing and printing amazing customisable greeting cards online. Being able to tailor things to our own personal preferences, style and values creates meaning and worth for us.

Job crafting enables employees to bring this personalization to the workplace.

The Five Ways to Wellbeing- Connect

The Five Ways to Wellbeing- Connect

A happy, healthy workforce is imperative for the success of any organisation. UK employees will work an average of nearly 85,000 hours in their lifetime [1]- the equivalent for spending approximately a decade working solidly night and day. Looking after our wellbeing and the wellbeing of our colleagues is therefore essential. 

Building better work – the IKEA Effect

Building better work – the IKEA Effect

Most us will have experience of self-assembling something. You can buy ‘flat pack’ kits to build almost anything, ranging from houses and cars to bookshelves and desks. For some it can be a joy, for others (myself included) it can sometimes be a bit of a struggle.

But what can our experiences of self-assembly teach us about work? It turns out that the role we play in constructing something, changes our relationship with it.

Ultimately, we value what we build.

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