Gym memberships and tuition reimbursement can be awesome perks, but they’re like the icing on the cake, not the cake itself. A gym membership isn’t going to do much to move the needle on employee engagement if your daily work environment feels like navigating land mines because mistakes are not tolerated or because reward incentives pit team members against one another.

e very real pai…ot difficult to see how employers and employees may be talking past one another about these issues: Employers are feeling the very real pain of not having the right people for the job, while employees are asking for development opportunities, meaningful work, and leadership they can trust.

When we can be ok with not being liked — when we are ok with the blemishes that are on all of us, we relax. We are free. Nothing can touch us.