" You come to work to learn don't you!"
These are the words of a professional rugby player called Brian O'Driscoll in an interview this year.
If you don't recognise the name, some of his many achievements include being voted European Player of the Decade in 2010 and he is the all time top try scorer in the 5/6 Nations Championship ( it started in 1883). He also, last weekend, led Ireland to a shock victory over Australia.
Maybe I was surprised to hear a professional sports person talk about learning being so important to their sense of job satisfaction and engagement.
Maybe I was surprised to hear it from one of the greats of rugby as he comes to the end of an amazing career.
But I was most surprised about how simple a concept it is of enjoying your job - that you get up each morning in order to learn something.
It got me asking myself and others;
Are you learning from your job?
Are you maximising the learning opportunities?
As a manager are you ensuring your direct reports can and do learn?
These are the words of a professional rugby player called Brian O'Driscoll in an interview this year.
If you don't recognise the name, some of his many achievements include being voted European Player of the Decade in 2010 and he is the all time top try scorer in the 5/6 Nations Championship ( it started in 1883). He also, last weekend, led Ireland to a shock victory over Australia.
Maybe I was surprised to hear a professional sports person talk about learning being so important to their sense of job satisfaction and engagement.
Maybe I was surprised to hear it from one of the greats of rugby as he comes to the end of an amazing career.
But I was most surprised about how simple a concept it is of enjoying your job - that you get up each morning in order to learn something.
It got me asking myself and others;
Are you learning from your job?
Are you maximising the learning opportunities?
As a manager are you ensuring your direct reports can and do learn?
