Does Your Passion Match Your Aspiration?
March 29, 2010
By Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Leaders who create extraordinary new possibilities are passionate about their mission and tenacious in pursuit of it. Many people have good ideas, but many fewer are willing to put themselves on the line for them. Passion separates good intentions and opportunism from real accomplishments.
A reminder of this principle just hit the news. Dr. Donald Berwick, my colleague and friend, is being nominated by President Obama to head Medicare and Medicaid. Originally a pediatrician, Don Berwick passionately wanted to improve health outcomes for patients. He envisioned applying TQM (Total Quality Management) tools from manufacturing to health care. Entrenched interests with closed doors and minds didn’t deter him. Eventually, through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the small organization he founded, he reached thousands of hospitals, hundreds of thousands of practitioners, and millions of patients over two decades.
Very nice, i suggest Admin can set up a forum, so that we can talk and communicate.
Nancy