In 35 years of leading and managing in organizations, I believe the employees who succeeded at any level were those who exhibited the 'enjoy the task' attitude. I have been one of these kind of people much of the time, not all the time. I don't believe these are always the most gifted or prepared people...but they are the ones that make working with a group an enjoyable experience.
This is one thing I know for sure. Leaders (As a reminder, these are the people that decide who goes on to the next level, influence bonus structures, design programs with specific people in mind, create opportunities for growth) like to have never-say-die people around them. Organizational leaders know which employees enable an organization to achieve an internal sense of momentum. They are the ones that are asked to do the things on the edge...exploratory, experimental, risk laden projects.
For the sake of the obvious contrast, there are always a percentage of employees who are critical of the leadership, resist opportunities to show creativity, give the appearance of doing just enough to stay out of the doghouse, complain that they are not appreciated (because often they really aren't, small wonder), and seem to genuinely miss the observation that those they envy and criticise have a different outlook.
Here's my question. Is it possible for a person to become one characterized by the 'enjoy the task' attitude if they aren't naturally that way?
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