By: Matt
Hi Jonathan, I believe that passionate people are the most productive –provided their passion lines up with their career objectives. In turn, so long as their career objectives support the overall...
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Hi Jonathan It’s really a good topic to be discussed, far beyond the easy motivational speeches. I think a good company, the one that runs a sustainable business in all perspectives, business, social,...
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Passion can be a good thing if it aligned under one vision and therefore the activities that people take entrepreneurially are aligned. Otherwise it’s a bit like a like being in a boat where everyone...
View ArticleBy: Margaret Molloy (@MargaretMolloy)
Hi Jonathan: Important topic. Great comments. Employees are a flexible lot,I submit that firms can influence the outcomes. I’ll contribute 3 drivers to this robust discussion: 1.Culture: Firms need to...
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View ArticleBy: Mark Yolton (@MarkYolton)
I want to cheat and vote for “directed passion,” in order to have my cake and eat it too … meaning: passion with productivity since the passion is directed toward topics and outcomes that matter to the...
View ArticleBy: Bob Leeds (@SAPBobLeeds)
I believe the penultimate sentence says it all and it seems to me that the other comments reflect as much. Effective employees will develop a sense of that balance between passion and getting things...
View ArticleBy: Mukesh Gupta
Reblogged this on Mukesh Gupta and commented: In my opinion, passion and productivity go hand-in-hand. You can take any employee who is good at what he does, its highly likely that he is a passionate...
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Most managers cannot deal with out of the box thinkers . This is the prime reason I think people quit organizations and start their own business . What is even more funny is that most out if the biz...
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The devil here is in the details of the definition of ‘productive employees’. If it’s only order-followers, you’ll get people who meet a goal, but won’t exceed it. I very much agree that the passionate...
View ArticleBy: Patricia McGovern
Jonathan, thank you for this post – I agree with your questioning and an idea I’ve recently questioned myself – there is such a clash in values here – on one hand, employees are employed to do ‘a job’...
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Patricia, thanks for the thoughtful comment. I understand your point but I wonder if 'clash' is too hostile a word to describe the situation. Some companies have successfully incubated a culture of...
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Thanks Jonathan for taking the time to respond to my comment, I agree under the right conditions such as those arranged under intrapreneurship (thank you for sharing this link) that ‘clash’ is perhaps...
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I think that everything published was actually very reasonable. However, consider this, what if you were to write a killer post title? I am not suggesting your content is not good. , but what if you...
View ArticleBy: Leadership Thought #361 – Doing Your Best « Ed Robinson's Blog
[...] Passion vs. Productivity (alignment.wordpress.com) [...]
View ArticleBy: Mark Yolton (@MarkYolton)
I want to cheat and vote for “directed passion,” in order to have my cake and eat it too … meaning: passion with productivity since the passion is directed toward topics and outcomes that matter to the...
View ArticleBy: Bob Leeds (@SAPBobLeeds)
I believe the penultimate sentence says it all and it seems to me that the other comments reflect as much. Effective employees will develop a sense of that balance between passion and getting things...
View ArticleBy: Mukesh Gupta
Reblogged this on Mukesh Gupta and commented: In my opinion, passion and productivity go hand-in-hand. You can take any employee who is good at what he does, its highly likely that he is a passionate...
View ArticleBy: Vijay
Most managers cannot deal with out of the box thinkers . This is the prime reason I think people quit organizations and start their own business . What is even more funny is that most out if the biz...
View ArticleBy: Robert E
The devil here is in the details of the definition of ‘productive employees’. If it’s only order-followers, you’ll get people who meet a goal, but won’t exceed it. I very much agree that the passionate...
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