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The Power of Mattering

How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance

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The Power of Mattering

By: Zach Mercurio
Narrated by: Patrick Mealey
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Increasingly, people report feeling overlooked, ignored, and underappreciated at work. Simply put, they don't feel like they matter to their leaders or organizations. This hidden epidemic of insignificance is fueling a mental health crisis, intensifying loneliness, and, for organizations, driving disengagement, turnover, and low performance.

The good news is that leaders can learn the skills to ensure that everyone around them feels valued. Drawing from hands-on work in hundreds of diverse industries and organizations, researcher and speaker Zach Mercurio reveals how mattering to others is a fundamental requirement for thriving. He introduces a simple yet effective framework for making daily interactions with your people more meaningful:

  • Noticing: the practice of seeing and hearing others
  • Affirming: the practice of showing people how their unique gifts make a difference
  • Needing: the practice of showing people they're relied on

Filled with practical advice, helpful exercises, and inspiring real-world examples, The Power of Mattering equips leaders at all levels with the tools they need to revitalize their teams—and entire organizations—by showing people that they matter.

©2025 Zach Mercurio (P)2025 Ascent Audio Leadership Management & Leadership Organisational Behavior Workplace & Organisational Behavior Workplace Culture
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I really liked this idea on the significance of mattering and the break down of what it actually means and the skills you can use to develop it in your interactions.

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