When your passion leads you to your calling, turn it loose on your work and see how your work becomes your play. You know it when someone is passionate about something – you see it in their eyes, hear it in their voice, and observe it in their actions. I like to look for a candidate’s excitement or passion during job interviews – if they don’t showcase it there, they probably won’t at work. Letting applicants talk about themselves and what they hope to find in their next job will give you an opportunity to see their passion for their work – in their gestures, smiles, the depth and excitement in their answers, and general body language. It should seem like they are explaining something they love. If you hire them, let them know that your choice was based on their smiles and enthusiasm; then let them know that’s what you expect in their performance. And make sure your company culture and your management style support help bring out enthusiasm in their performance; don’t let policies, procedures, practices, and a stifling management style stifle that kind of attitude. When you get all of this right – hire right, train right, communicate right, and manage right, people enjoy and have fun at work. And that’s when great work occurs – support and facilitate that and watch customer satisfaction and company performance metrics rise. Put a little of that passion into your workplace culture today.
Hiral Nagda: Software engineer at Meta, author, and founder of HIRALNAGDA.COM, a Mind and Lifestyle Coaching portal.
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