Job dissatisfaction: A general guide to preventing it

This is usually at the intersection of "high achievement culture" and "unclear job role." What now?

Job dissatisfaction is a pretty big deal in the world these days. Globally, the state of employee engagement has been called "a crisis" by Gallup. Respect in the workplace, specifically between managers and their direct reports, is not a very rosy picture. In late August 2016, I was sitting in a Bethesda, Maryland Starbucks watching people arrive at wor…