In this age of stiff competition and "free agency," no organization can afford to take its employees for granted. The new labor-market landscape is forcing organizations to think creatively about how to inject passion in the workplace and motivate their employees to find meaning in their work. In Transforming Work, Boverie and Kroth draw from their extensive research and experience in the field to show executives, HR professionals, and students how to create inspiring, employee-friendly work environments in order to capture, develop, and retain talent and transform both the employees and the organization in the process.

Patricia Boverie and Michael Kroth run Boverie, Kroth & Associates, a consulting company specializing in personal and organizational transformation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Patricia Boverie is an Associate Professor of Organizational Learning and Institutional Technologies at the University of New Mexico. A featured speaker in many national and international forums on organizational learning, she has been writing and consulting extensively in the field. Michael Kroth consults at Public Service Company and teaches at the University of New Mexico. Patricia Boverie and Michael Kroth run Boverie, Kroth & Associates, a consulting company specializing in personal and organizational transformation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Patricia Boverie is an Associate Professor of Organizational Learning and Institutional Technologies at the University of New Mexico. A featured speaker in many national and international forums on organizational learning, she has been writing and consulting extensively in the field. Michael Kroth consults at Public Service Company and teaches at the University of New Mexico.

List of Figures

xiv

List of Tables

xv

Acknowledgments

xvii

Prologue

xix

Introduction to Passion and Work

1

(28)

The Time is Now

1

(1)

The Purpose of the Book

2

(3)

What is Passion?

5

(18)

Overview of Chapters

23

(2)

Passionate Work Inventory-Personal

25

(2)

Passionate Work Inventory-Organizational

27

(2)

The Foundations of Passionate Work

29

(18)

Why Study Love and Passion?

29

(1)

Perspectives on Passion

30

(10)

Psychological Theories of Love and Attachment

40

(4)

Summary

44

(1)

The Development of the Passion Transformation Model

44

(1)

Foundations of Passion Questionnaire

45

(2)

Passion Transformation Process and Cycle

47

(24)

Learning from Adult Lives

48

(4)

Our Results

52

(7)

Passion Transformation Model

59

(8)

Passionate Work-Your Story

67

(1)

Analyzing Your Pitfalls-Individuals

67

(2)

Analyzing Pitfalls-Organization

69

(2)

Occupational Intimacy

71

(26)

Nurturing Environments

72

(3)

Meaningful Work

75

(1)

Loving Your Work

76

(2)

Intimacy

78

(2)

Occupational Intimacy

80

(5)

Human and Organizational Needs

85

(1)

Results of Occupational Intimacy

86

(3)

Barriers to Occupational Intimacy

89

(5)

Occupational Intimacy-Individual

94

(1)

Occupational Intimacy-Organizations

95

(2)

The Discovering Process

97

(34)

Discovering

98

(2)

Goal of the Discovering Process for Individuals

100

(1)

Goal of the Discovering Process for Organizations

101

(2)

Benefits of Discovering Process

103

(1)

Discovering-Enablers

104

(9)

Why Don't We Discover?

113

(3)

The Elements of Discovering

116

(4)

Transformation Theory

120

(6)

Summary

126

(1)

Discovering-Individual

127

(1)

Discovering-Individual

128

(1)

Discovering-Organizations

129

(2)

The Designing Process

131

(36)

Designing

132

(5)

Designing for Individuals

137

(13)

Designing for Organizations

150

(14)

Designing-Individual

164

(1)

Designing-Organizations

165

(2)

The Developing Process

167

(18)

Key #3-Risking

168

(5)

Key #4-Learning

173

(5)

Key #5-Building Self-Efficacy

178

(5)

Developing-Individual

183

(1)

Developing-Organizations

184

(1)

Transforming Work: The Five Keys to Achieving Trust, Commitment, and Passion in the Workplace

185

(18)

Leadership and Passion

186

(4)

Transforming Work

190

(4)

Trust

194

(2)

Commitment

196

(2)

Passion

198

(1)

Exploring Transformation and Passion: Metaphors

199

(2)

Conclusion: We Make the Road by Walking

201

(2)

References

203

(6)

About the Authors

209

(2)

Index

211

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