Show Notes

• [0:00:56] Episode Summary | Intro

• • Previous Episode Recap
    • Difference Between Engagement & Fulfillment

• [0:03:00] Drivers of Fulfillment:

• • Unpacking the 3 ‘P’s
    • Passion:
      • ‘I love the work that I do.’
    • Purpose:
      • ‘The work that I do matters.’
    • Progress:
      • ‘I’m having an impact on the work that matters.’

• Progress is NOT to be Confused with Productivity

• • Which ‘P’ Means the Most to You?
  • How to Assist Employees (and Anyone) with Passion, Purpose, and Progress

• [0:12:18] Ways in Which We Help Our Team See Progress Now

• • Coming to terms with your business or management mistakes by failing forward. 
  • Be a Cheerleader!
  • Course correcting too soon or too often can prove catastrophic to the goal of fulfillment. 
  • Letting employees drive their own progress.
  • Do you need all 3 drivers to be fulfilled?

• [0:17:03] The 3 ‘P’s & Symbiotic Professional Relationships

• • How/why James & Kevin have succeeded as business partners thru Passion, Progress, and Purpose.
  • Clarifying your business & personal Passion, Purpose, and Progress can (and will) yield positive results & shared understanding.

• [0:21:36] You Can’t Simply Define Fulfillment Broadly for All

• • It’s Different for Everyone
    • What drives you might not drive anyone else. 

• [0:22:29] Analyzing the 3 ‘P’s in Your Employee 1:1s & Reviews/Assessments

• • Your employees don’t have to be at an 11 out of 10 on Passion, Purpose, and Progress.
    • It’s a shifting scale, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. 

• [0:25:41] How Do We Impact & Help Your Team See Your Passion, Purpose, and Progress?

Show Notes

• [0:00:57] Episode Summary | Intro
  • Jeremy’s Banjo Aspirations
  • Last Episode Recap
    • Fulfillment Theory Quickstart Guide
• [0:03:42] The Ultimate Goal
  • Helping Our Teams Find Fulfillment
  • Employee Engagement
    • It Changes With the Season
    • “You can have engagement without fulfillment, but you can only have fulfillment through being engaged.”
    • When Time Tracking Breaks Down
      • Time tracking is what most businesses monitor toward engagement, but it’s the opposite of what employees want and need to feel engaged.
  •  Engagement is More Than the Work You Can See
    • Why Common Attempts at Engagement Fall Flat
    • Burnout Awareness
    • Engagement Gimmicks & Initiatives 
    • Sustainability
  • Getting Engagement Wrong
    • Early Failings of Our Own Business
    • Fun Doesn’t Directly Translate to Fulfilled
      • Fulfillment HAS to be Purposeful
    • Fulfillment & Engagement 
      • Two terms that are too often mistakenly used to explain the same thing.
        • You can be active and busy and not be fulfilled. 
        • Engagement is an output of fulfillment. 
• [0:15:16] What is Fulfillment & How Do We Track That?
  • The Components of Fulfillment
    • The 3 ‘P’s
      • Passion:
        • ‘Do I love the work that I’m doing?’
      • Purpose:
        • ‘Do I feel like the work that I do matters?’
      • Progress:
        • ‘Do I feel like the work I am doing is making an impact?’
• [0:21:32] Issues & Challenges with Progress...and Fulfillment
  • Hindsight is 20/20 
    • How We’ve Failed Certain Employees in the Past
      • Robbing Individuals of Progress
  • You’re not helpless when you know what drives your team. 
  • How these things can be applied to your personal life and relationship as well.
• [0:27:12] Paying it Forward with AIB
  • We’ve made a lot of mistakes in order to get here. 
    • Learn from us to hopefully not make those same mistakes. 
    • Celebrate wins, but when you fail, fail forward by learning from it. 
• [0:29:45] Parting Words & Next Time on AIB
  • Diving into Motivational Drivers of Fulfillment
    • Why They’re Powerful
    • And Why They Really Work

Show Notes

• [0:01:03] Episode Summary | Intro
  • “We’re back! ...All things considered.”
  • The Pandemic Pivot 
  • From In-office to Running the Business Remotely
    • Thanking (and coincidently) we chose this for ourselves pre-pandemic.
  • Acquiring and Consolidating a WordPress Plugin
• [0:05:51] Why We Took a Year and a Half Off 
  • Missing Podcast Voice
    • ‘Where’s Rob?’
  • Adventures in Businessing’s (AIB) new direction and new purpose:
    • Leadership, team building, and the Ciircles fulfillment theory. 
• [0:12:21] Breaking Down the Transition From In-office to Fully Distributed
  • From operating out of one town, to having employees around the world. 
  • In defense of colocated working...and why it wasn’t feasible for us anymore. 
  • Growing Pains
    • “We experienced a crash course on distributed working.”
    • With AIB, we want to help other businesses make these sorts of transitions. 
• [0:17:22] Ciircles.com, the New Home of AIB
  • What is Ciircles?
  • Intentionally Misspelled 
    • “Ciircles? Why two ‘i’s?”
  • Subscribe to the newsletter!
    • https://ciircles.com/
• [0:21:53] Unpacking Fulfillment Theory
  • Work Isn’t Linear
  • Fulfillment is Driven by 3 Major Drivers of Motivation:
    • Passion
    • Progress
    • Purpose
      • “When these drivers are triggered, your team members are fulfilled, and we all want to be fulfilled.”
• [0:25:50] What’s Next?
  • Summarizing what to expect from the next 3 episodes of AIB
  • Why you should keep tuning in, whether you’re a business owner, leader, or team member. 
  • Thank You! And Welcome Back!!