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Reinvigorate your office by finding meaning in your day‐to‐day work
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
enrollment management report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6263
pISSN - 1094-3757
DOI - 10.1002/emt.30184
Subject(s) - phoenix , meaning (existential) , narrative , burnout , work (physics) , public relations , psychology , medical education , sociology , pedagogy , political science , medicine , engineering , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , metropolitan area , pathology , psychotherapist , linguistics , philosophy
PHOENIX — One key to addressing professional burnout is being able to find meaning in your life's work, and particularly in being able to find meaning in your day‐to‐day tasks. In a session at the recent American Association for Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers annual meeting, Julia Pomerenk, university registrar for Washington State University, shared strategies for meaningful life work. They included crafting narratives, improving the atmosphere of your office, and finding ways to stay engaged — or engage staff members — before discontent sets in. “We're about higher education. We're making lives better through degree attainment and in doing so, making lives of families and presumably communities better,” Pomerenk said, before sharing some strategies and best practices for maintaining office morale.