Poor PO Fit

 I got a chance to sit behind my old colleagues for a short flight back home. I didn't "try" to listen in, but I did hear. And each successive sentence made me realize how happy I was to have left. I listened to them say this and that and then this again,  . . . (then that again) . . . and I swear I didn't want to roll my eyes, . . But I may have. 

It made me think about the report I wrote several years ago. I tried to get it published. I thought it was good enough to be published, but it never was. I remember I got a somewhat poor grade on it, and I was furious, . . . apparently Dr. Priest is a better grader than I thought. No one else thought it was any good either. 

Regardless, it was on an aspect of human resource development (HRD) called PE Fit . . . stands for Person-Environment Fit. The idea that a person or worker should "fit" with the values, ideals, mission, and beliefs of the organization for which they are working. 

Apparently, too, PE Fit has several subsidiary concepts, including PO Fit (Person-Organization Fit), PJ Fit (Person-Job Fit), PS Fit (Person-Supervisor Fit), PG Fit (Person-Group Fit), and PV Fit (Person-Values Fit).  

So, I look at this through this lens, and I realize that I was missing in several aspects of Fit. I may have had PJ Fit because I loved my job, and I had PV Fit because I agreed with the organization's mission. Person-Group? Well, there it might have fallen apart. My group? Sure. The entire leadership group? Nope. PS Fit? Well, my supervisor was the reason I ultimately left. 

Then I think about the organization and environment I'm in now. And I love it. More on this later, but I loved that flight home, if only for this aspect.