See what’s happening beneath performance.

The experience of work tells us something performance alone cannot: whether it can continue.

Explore the Work Frame

See what’s happening beneath performance.

The experience of work tells us something performance alone cannot: whether it can continue.

Explore the Work Frame

Someone can continue delivering excellent work while their experience of the work is changing.

Someone can continue delivering excellent work while their experience of the work is changing.

They may have less energy.

They may no longer feel challenged.

They may be learning less.

The work may not feel as meaningful or worthwhile as it once did.

The performance is still visible.

The change underneath it isn’t.

THE WORK FRAME™

Three questions. A different view of work.

Three questions. A different view of work.

PERFORMANCE

Can I perform?

Direction · Attention · Results · Capacity · Energy · Agency · Clarity · Accomplishment

LEARNING

Am I growing?

Curiosity · Skill Development · Challenge · Reflection · Feedback · Progress · Experimentation · Discovery

ENJOYMENT

Is it still worth it?

Anticipation · Well-being · Flow · Meaning · Joy · Connection · Fulfillment · Alignment

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