The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (and their employees) Free Audiobook Download by Patrick Lencioni

Managers everywhere are afflicted with a dilemma: they know that the people they work with are miserable, but they can't figure out what to do about it. The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (and their employees) by Patrick Lencioni is a short story about what life would be like if you were miserable at your job. It highlights three signs that you might be miserable and how to fix them.

One day, the sun was shining brightly on a vast field of wheat. Moonlight bathed everything in a dream-like glow. From one side of the field, three men walked through the tall stalks to the other side.

"It's been a long day," said the CEO, "and I'm so exhausted that I can't even remember what we were supposed to do." "I know," sighed the vice president of sales. He had just finished helping the CEO close three deals for the day, and he was about to collapse himself. "I'm done, too."

The Three Signs of a Miserable Job is a fable for managers, designed to help them understand the signs their employees are unhappy. Misery starts when an employee shows one or more of the following traits:

The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (and their employees) is a listening experience that has you in its grasp from the first word. Lencioni cleverly takes an intangible, abstract idea like job satisfaction and provides some clarity to what it might look like in your future if you don't start taking control of your work.

Are you an employee in a miserable job? Are you afraid to leave because of the crippling fear of becoming unemployed and being without a paycheck? The following is a fable by Patrick Lencioni where he tells the story of two employees, one who leaves his job in search of greener pastures. In the fable, both employees are miserable and their misery is brought on by three signs that their employer has set up. The first sign is when there is no trust between boss and employee, which means that the employee knows that it does not matter what he does or how hard he works; if something is wrong, it's always his fault. The second sign is when employees have no idea what their purpose at work is. They work