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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Signs you are a Passionate Employee

Dennison Railroad Depot Museum

Signs you are a Passionate Employee

(As presented to Leadership Tusc Tuesday, August 30, 2011 by Museum Director Wendy Zucal.)

Today, given a choice between hiring a skilled employee or a passionate employee- go for the passionate employee.

You can teach skills.

You can enhance and accelerate passion…but you can’t teach it!

Signs you are a Passionate Employee:

· You keep a notebook by your bed to write down ideas in the middle of the night.

· You are a clock watcher – not because you want to go home, but because you have so much more you want to accomplish before you do go home!

· You use Facebook , Linkedin and Twitter to promote your brand, events, and work.

· You don’t steal things from work – you steal things from home to bring to work.

· You skip your lunch or eat at your desk to finish a project.

· You are the first one to arrive in the morning and the last one to turn off the lights.

· You are conscious of your vision at all time including personal time.

· You understand that branding is 360 degrees and that goes for both your organization AND YOURSELF!

· You are constantly sending new ideas to fellow staff by email and text at any time, any day, and any place.

· You bring your family to work with you. And they want to come because you have made THEM passionate!

· You are the first to volunteer.

· Your enthusiasm equals your dedication and diligence.

· You consider yourself “busy”, not “overworked”.

· You go at a job with gusto!

· You know recognition comes with going above and beyond, not the normal day-to-day work.

· You are not afraid to speak emotionally about what you do.

· You get above the daily fires to Vision, Strategize, Evaluate and Problem Solve.

· No one has to ASK you to put in overtime, stay late for a meeting or work a weekend. You WANT to do it and you recognize it needs done without anyone telling you.

· You anticipate your boss or staff’s next request.

· You never “settle”.

· You are a “True Believer”

· You LIVE the brand.

· You can bring an audience to tears with your story.

The first people to be let go at an organization are the NON-passionate employees!

Wendy R. Zucal

Director

Dennison Railroad Depot Museum

P.O. Box 11

400 Center Street

Dennison, Ohio 44621

740-922-6776

www.dennisondepot.org

director@dennisondepot.org

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