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Passion Osmosis!

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DQI Bureau
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In our search for a formula for inspiration-so necessary

to energise cynical individuals, sluggish firms and even nascent industries and

fledgling economies my colleague and co-author of our recent book

“Inspired,” Manjiri Gokhale, hit upon a true elixir for inspiration —

passion osmosis ! And as events unfold in the current year with software

continuing to grow and other industries following in its footsteps to blaze new

trails, the value of passion osmosis is becoming very evident in the old and new

success stories that hit the pages of the business papers and, of course, the

Top 20 issues of Dataquest!

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Passion is the most common word doing the rounds of

corporate circles in current times. It is as if performance evaluators have

finally hit upon the missing component of superlative execution. Passion is what

differentiates the best from the second best, the outstanding from the

excellent.

Passionate individuals can be spotted easily in a crowd.

The difference is not in the way they look or dress, but the sense of purpose

they exude. In a room full of people involved in similar tasks, the passionate

soul would be the first to raise a hand to share an idea and enthusiastically

volunteer to take up additional responsibility. These individuals also display a

high sense of ownership and will often successfully piece together multiple

aspects of a project and offer valuable inputs.

Passion is

what differentiates the best from the second best, the outstanding from

the excellent
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More often than not, they introduce a human element to even

the most mechanical tasks assigned to them. Given all that is positive in

passionate individuals, most good organizations quickly recognize them as top

performers and entrust them with the enhanced responsibility of leading teams.

It is here that the greatest challenge for the passionate performer begins...

that infusing passion into each of individual they lead.

This is where the importance of passion osmosis really

becomes apparent ! The ability to transfer passion through words and deeds is

what differentiates our top software leaders-Shiv Nadar, Azim Premji, Narayan

Murthy and FC Kohli have all demonstrated this ability and created worthy

successors like Ramadorai, Nandan etc and even though one cannot conclude that

the entire team of the organizations they lead have the same passion, the energy

they have transferred appears enough to take them through at least one more

generation of growth..

The transference of passion in organisations needs to

happen using a judicious mix of active and passive communication-leading by

example, and peppering delegation with sound advice and energy. Only if team

members see excellence, will they begin to emulate it. When they witness

commitment by managers and the results it brings, they too will be motivated to

put in more.

As one more year unfolds and Indian IT continues to face

many old challenges and some new ones-the urgent need to find and retain high

class talent, to build an eco-system of innovation, to integrate IT and BPO

services and provide a truly seamless end-to-end value proposition for global

customers. There is also the pressing need to keep at bay the cassandras who

worry about data and information security, the China factor, the runaway costs

etc-all these and more have to be addressed and mastered with a high degree of

energy and passion. That and only that will power us on to continuing success!

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