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🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Businesses need to stop cutting labor costs and start investing in people, says social impact investor Warren Valdmanis. In this perspective-shifting talk, he breaks down the essential ingredients of a "good" job—which is more than just the size of a paycheck—and shares why they're key to building great companies.
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0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective |
0:07.0 | The reality is, at some point or another, many of us will find ourselves in a bad job. |
0:14.0 | A job where we feel overworked and underpaid, where we don't feel valued or respected by |
0:19.0 | our employers, where we don't feel supported or like there's room for us to grow. |
0:24.0 | Jobs that make us question, what am I doing here? |
0:29.0 | It's pretty easy to identify a bad job and to pinpoint the things that make it unfulfilling. |
0:35.0 | And even though I doubt most CEOs or company founders set their ambitions on creating companies |
0:41.0 | with terrible work environments, there are all too many companies out there with reputations |
0:46.0 | for being bad places to work. |
0:49.0 | So we know what a bad job feels like, but what does a good job feel like? |
0:55.0 | I'm MeduPak in Ola, this is Ted Business. |
1:00.0 | Our speaker today is Warren Valdmonis. |
1:03.0 | He's a social impact investor and in this talk, he breaks down the essential ingredients of a good job. |
1:10.0 | Then, after the talk, I'll share some guidance on what you can do to find greater purpose at work |
1:16.0 | and what company leaders can do to help you on that journey. |
1:19.0 | But first, a quick break. |
1:25.0 | Support for this podcast comes from BCG. |
1:28.0 | There are so many urgent questions in the minds of business leaders today. |
1:32.0 | What will the economy look like in six months? |
1:35.0 | Should you be investing in generative AI for your company? |
1:38.0 | Is the metaverse real or just hype? |
1:40.0 | And what can you do to hold on to your best employees? |
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