Personnel Personnel Issues 3738 South Mooney Blvd. I have not seen passion, confidence, or curiosity successfully taught to any adult. It seems we develop these traits as children, watching adults. Curious people can be sent to training sessions and learn almost anything a company needs them to know. Passionate employees can learn how to promote products without offending potential clients.
Confident people handle change and new challenges well.
These are the qualities I want in an employee. As a manager, I can orchestrate knowledge management and organize teams. What I cannot do, no matter how hard I have tried, is to infect others with my passion, confidence, and curiosity. Others tell me passion is contagious, but the truth is I have never and will never be able to make someone passionate about one product equally passionate about a competing product. For example, I don't have the time or energy to convert a team of loyal Macintosh developers into an equally loyal and enthusiastic team of Windows developers.