How To Bust Boredom and Be The Change In Your Organization

Do you or your employees feel bored at work?

 Research suggests that for most of us, whether we find something interesting depends on whether we find it personally valuable. Recognizing you are bored is just the beginning and can be a catalyst for positive change:

1. Boredom is a motivating force that makes us engage in challenge-seeking behavior
2. Boredom can be energizing.
3. Boredom can bring about changing work practices
4. Boredom can be busted just by being aware of the tasks  employees are expected to perform and their work environment; it could be time for changing things up.

 Since often the task itself cannot be changed, one way employers can bust the boredom factor is to provide less controlling environments.  

1. Place work performed under the worker's control
2. Provide regular feedback about performance
3. Hire interesting co-workers;
4. Give employees the freedom to organize their own work- schedule and to decide when to take breaks.
5. Give employees opportunities to learn new skills
6. Stop over scheduling meetings that waste time and teach managers the art of holding a meeting, when to call one, how to chair one and how to reach decisions and get work done

Employees who are interested in their work and who find what they do personally relevant and valuable will work harder and longer and be happier doing it at the same time.

1. Being interested in a task is essential to being good at it.
2. Interest is crucial for keeping us motivated and effective.
3. Being interested turns the mundane into something exciting.
4. Managers play an instrumental role in fostering interest in their employees to help them achieve their goals.