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March - 2007 - issue > People Manager
Nurturing a Passionate Organization
C Mahalingam (Mali)
You can lead Passion, but you can only manage Lethargy:
All that my experience tells me is that “you can lead passion, but you can only manage lethargy!” Simply translated, you need to be a leader to create a passionate organization. You cannot do it as a manager, no matter how good you may be. And now comes the good news: all of us have the potential to become good leaders! Good leaders are not born any more than good violinists are.
The truth about Managing People:
To become a manager in many organizations is to opt for a career in babysitting. And the organizations look like layered obedience schools. Preparation for becoming and being a manager involves training managers to manage people with three things: Policy Manual, Job Descriptions and Performance Appraisals.
We are living in times when we cannot even guarantee that people will show up for work the next day, leave alone working at their very best, being creative and worrying about making a difference to the team and the organization they are part of. Welcome to the world of ‘free agents’.
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