“We aren’t born to make a living. We’re born to make a difference.”That simple statement from motivational speaker, Tom Krause, captures an emotion most people feel at some point in their lives, even if they rarely say it out loud:I was meant for more.

That feeling can be especially evident in the workplace. Many employees feel they’re stuck in an occupational rut with no way to do anything other than what’s defined in their “job box.”Deep down inside, they want to play a bigger part, to improve things for themselves, their coworkers and their company.Most often, though, their potential gets boxed up in job descriptions, daily drills, and unspoken expectations to “just get the job done.”

In my work with organizations, I see this over and over. But it doesn’t have to be that way.When managers implement routine processes for engaging employees in continuous improvement, something remarkable happens.People start sharing insights that were always there, just untapped. Small ideas surface. Waste is reduced. Errors decline. Customer issues disappear. Morale improves.

One client tracked more than 300 employee ideas in a single year. None were game-changers on their own.Together, they saved thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars.Another client saw safety incidents drop by double digits simply because frontline employees finally had a forum to speak up.

Bottom-line, employees are more than their titles.They always have been. The question is whether your systems and processes invite that “something more” to show up.

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