The one that resonates most with me for long-lasting team engagement is the ability to go to work and get meaningful things done. Not just started, talked about, or delegated, but actually done—finished, wrapped up, and delivered. It doesn’t matter how simple or hard the task or even whether you had to work longer hours to get there. Done releases endorphins, the body’s natural opiate, and it’s addictive. Done, when it really means done and behind you, leads to the joy of knowing that a hard day of work produced a valuable and valued accomplishment.
