in which Kristina Kovaite wrote:
>The main motivation factor is personal development. Voluntary
>organisations where the conditions for personal development are created
>the rotation and change of people in less than in other conditions. Why?
>A human being is an egoistic being. So what's the benefit from working
>if there is no money. It is the understanding that it is your investment
>into future and future earnings and welfare.
In our work with 'leaders' within my company, we have suggested a
variation on this idea. Given today's job market in our locale, and given
the volatility of the employment situation for people with computer
skills, you can reasonably assume that _everyone_ who works with you is a
volunteer. They could quite likely leave employment here and find another
position within days, or even hours -- and probably at a pay increase!
So what would you do differently if you thought of yourself not as a
manager, but rather as a 'volunteer coordinator'? Or possibly even a
'community activist / community organizer'? How do you match people's
interests and even passions with the needs of the organization? In an era
where long-term commitment and loyalty between individual and organization
has evaporated, how do you discover a way to get people to look forward to
going to work each day? To bringing their whole selves in with them --
muscles and heart and brain and knowledge and...
Kristina continues:
>It is the understanding that it is your investment into future and
>future earnings and welfare.
Right! It's about investment and hope and contribution and recognition
(maybe) -- the kinds of things that brings volunteers out to make their
marks in the world.
Michael A
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