{"id":6770,"date":"2022-03-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/staffdevelopment\/?p=6770"},"modified":"2022-04-07T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T08:19:28","slug":"being-crafty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/staffdevelopment\/being-crafty\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Crafty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the Leadership Circles this month we will look at the idea of &#8220;job crafting&#8221;. This has been around for a little while but has gained much more attention recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>This TEDx video is a great summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Job Crafting - The Power of Personalising Our Work | Rob Baker | TEDxNewcastleUniversity\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hz71mDMaVJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this mean for us as leaders? There are some potential anxieties I can predict:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What if everyone crafted their job away from the core need of the team? <\/li><li>How can I have effective performance conversations when I don&#8217;t have control of what my people are doing?<\/li><li>What&#8217;s the point of having me as a leader if my team are making their own decisions about what to do and how to do it?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I think an important consideration here is one of scale. Job crafting proponents are not suggesting that staff can create their own job from scratch &#8211; but tweak it to make it more personalised, motivating and, crucially, meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our leadership roles are more than directing, and shouldn&#8217;t be constraining. If we have confidence that our team colleagues will make great decisions about when and how to craft our jobs then we can see job crafting as an opportunity, not a threat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But is it an opportunity we are ready for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Juliet Flynn, People, Culture and Inclusion team<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Leadership Circles this month we will look at the idea of &#8220;job crafting&#8221;. 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