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
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