Here’s how employees ranked these items in surveys conducted in 2011 by Blessing White, a global consulting company.

1. More opportunities to do what you do best
2. Career development opportunities and training
3. More flexible job conditions
4. Improved cooperation among your coworkers
5. More challenging work
6. Greater clarity about what the organization needs you to do and why
7. A better relationship with your manager
8. Greater clarity about your own work preferences and career goals

(Source: http://www.blessingwhite.com/EEE__report.asp)

You may want to share your thoughts with your supervisor as well. Quite often they are surprised by what we value from the workplace.

On the other side of the coin, most employees don’t know what their supervisor expects. If you don’t know, ask and find out. It may be accurate work, a clean desk at the end of the day, or a pleasant attitude. If you are doing a lot of work and completing all your assignments, but leaving an untidy desk at the end of the day, and that clean desk is what your supervisor judges you by, you will be the loser.