Frustrated or flourishing? Three ways we make sense of challenges at work
Sally Maitlis shared her research which revealed that, in the face of challenges, there are three pathways that workers take: Identity Path: in the face of threats, they rely on their sense of who they are Contribution Path: in the face of threat, they try and use their skills to help Practice Path: in the face of challenges, they learn skills as part of the work What’s important is that these paths explain different outcomes of employees – the identity and contribution paths lead to frustration, burn-out and leaving the organization. Only the practice path, which is about...
