As a fan of college athletics, it’s hard for me to know what to think of the phenomenon known as “the transfer portal.” And now I’m starting to wonder what might happen as the “portal mentality” creeps deeper into the broader world of business. Is this good? Bad? And regardless of whether it’s good or bad, what does it mean to us as leaders or as employees?

Most of us are free agents, so we can take another job (transfer) whenever we want. Today’s workers already change jobs on average every 4.1 years. But if we mirror the trend of college athletics and make a change even more frequently, we could spend our entire lives chasing happiness without working our way through the struggles that make happiness possible.

If you are dissatisfied with your job and thinking of leaving, these 5 filters for organizational alignment can help you evaluate your situation.

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