Learning Styles and Job Satisfaction

Even those of us lucky enough to have a job in today's economy are not always happy at work. A new survey found only 45% of Americans are satisfied with their job, and the trend seems to be similar in Europe. "Down under" in New Zealand and Australia, as many as 65% of people in the IT industry are "keeping their eyes open" for a new position.

It's easy to blame it all on the recession. However, worker dissatisfaction has been on the rise for more than two decades:

Fewer workers consider their jobs interesting.

Incomes have not kept up with inflation.

Companies have been cutting costs by making their staff work longer hours instead of employing more people.

Is there a way for managers to make their team happier if salary increases are not an option? We at Creative Learning believe the answer to be a resounding YES!

A person's Learning Style is the way in which he or she learns best. Similarly, a person's Working Style is the way they work best.

Sometimes, all you need to do to make your team happy is pay attention to their Working Style Preferences, such as:

• the time of team meetings
• where each person's desk is positioned relative to the aircon, windows and traffic flow
• the nature of tasks
• the number of tasks
• they way in which the tasks are given (written, oral, point form, etc.)

Do you know your team's preferences?