How leaders can manage employees through an ‘ambition reset’

A director of change management at Kotter explains how to navigate the balance between what teams “have to” do with what they “want to” do to keep them engaged. Workplace dissatisfaction is nothing new, but the past two years have prompted many Americans to ask, “Is my job really worth it?” Some have titled this era—one in which employees are unwilling to compromise personal interests for organizational gain—as the Age of Anti-Ambition. But is it fair to claim we’ve reached rock bottom?...