Making work more attractive need not be rocket science. Consult any of your staff engagement surveys. Like Quest, you will find that employees have many ideas to make their work more pleasant. Pursue the ones that also raise productivity.

Give up. Not completely. But mostly. Just stop trying so hard. Here’s my recipe: Make a list of all the things you love doing or things that intrigue you that you’d like to try doing. This is brainstorming, so don’t limit the list or judge it; write down everything you can think of. Separate the activities you do with people from the activities you