Getting Passionate About Responsibility for Passion
Relationships are, by definition, a two-way street.
So why would relationships at work between managers and their reports be any different?
They aren't.
Which means that the ongoing discussion about Passion and Work brings us back to a fundamental fact of all healthy relationships: both parties are responsible for success
Chris Bailey offers up an honest assessment of his work life at this moment and how he sees the responsibility for changing it:
Currently, I'm feeling run down by work that increasingly feels like a J-O-B. I'm losing my passion for it. I can actually feel it receding away like the ocean tide. I know what my strengths are and what I love to do...and I feel that I don't have a chance to utilize these in my work with my organization. Now, does my manager read All Things Workplace? Probably not, but yeah, he should. In this case, it's me who needs to take the first step to guide the passion along. More generally, sometimes it's the employee (or the even manager) who needs to bring her or his own manager to the table for this dialogue.
It would be great if all managers got the memo suggesting that they can perpetuate passion. That may not be entirely fair to lay this all at their feet, though. The employee has to be there, too. The employee needs to know what they love, what they want to do, what will connect into their purpose...and they must be willing to share this.
And who knows...maybe the employee might lead the manager to a new understanding of how to connect their passion and purpose to the work they do.
A Good Place to Use Some Passion
Managers don't have easy jobs. They're trying to pay attention to you and everyone else in their group.
Why not get passionate about taking some of the burden from your manager's shoulders and simply start a conversation about what's on your mind?
If you want a good shot at using your talents where you are now, then take the responsibility for making it happen. Nothing warms a manager's heart more than seeing someone who is passionate about responsibility
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