Tag: #Love what you do

Do your team members work for you because they love the work?

Or do they tolerate the work they will never love? This is a seldom investigated subject, but worth shedding some light on.   

Great leaders hire people who love their work, team members who love what they do excel in their roles. When candidates say they don’t really want the job you are offering but want to get a foot in the door and transfer or their skills don’t match the skills required, look for other candidates.  

You better like the work you do, because you are going to be doing it a lot.  

The New England Patriots interview perspective players and try to, above all else, determine if they love football. Team members who love what they do excel. Not just playing in games, but all of the work that goes with it.  Pro football is highly competitive and very difficult.  Players endure pain, stress, long days, travel, meetings, practice, tryouts, weight lifting, nutrition all before they step on the field.  Players who love everything it means to prepare and play are more likely to perform when the going gets tough. 

Other players don’t love the work (they may like it) and are willing to put up with the work to enjoy what comes with it- million dollar paychecks, excitement of game day, celebrity and notoriety.  For them, the reason to compete is not about the work.  

Fill your roster with people for whom work is self-rewarding and they will contribute to high job satisfaction and high levels of performance. Team members who love what they do excel in achieving their goals.  Self-rewarded performers still need recognition but as the icing on the cake. The cake, of course, is the work. 

What Great Leaders Know

Great leaders hire people who love their work. 

You better like the work you do, because you are going to be doing it a lot.   

Fill your roster with people for whom work is self-rewarding and they will contribute to high job satisfaction and high levels of performance. Team members who love what they do excel.

I have nothing but deep respect for employees working a job because it is their only option.  Doing a job to take care of your life responsibilities even though you do not enjoy it and would choose otherwise, is admirable.  There are people who don’t love their work, but show up every day and do it well. 

LINKS

https://whatgreatleadersknow.com/

https://hbr.org/2022/04/marcus-buckingham-why-love-is-the-key-to-career-success