Passionate Workforce....'SYB' vs 'BYH'..

Any organization is as passionate as its people are. After all, people are the fabrics of the organization.

It is not the aesthetic interiors, decorated cubicles, ergonomic chairs, air of openness, culture of transparency and tools for productivity & collaboration that make the organization passionate. In fact, these are only hygiene factors for any organization to be smarter.

It is at the end, the constituent of the workforce and their work-style that matters. Essentially there are two distinct work-styles.

One is ‘SYB’ (save your back), where people try to restrict themselves to their job descriptions. For them ‘Whole’ is not important. As long as they do their ‘Part’, they think they have done their job and the problem lies elsewhere. The other style is ‘BYH’ (bring your heart out), where people go extra mile to achieve the ‘Whole’. They are ready to experiment, ready to take risks and ready to help others to achieve the end result. For them if the ‘Whole’ is not achieved, their ‘Part’ does not matter.

Smart Leaders take personal interest to see who is on board. While they coach and mentor BYH types, they soon get rid of the SYB types.

They know that as long as the people work with a sense of purpose, do not lie to their conscience and work as a team, there is great possibility of making a difference. They know that if they get passionate people, they will pretty well get a passionate organization achieving its purpose.