SESSION ABSTRACT: Organizations have been running on empty. The lingering economic downturn has caused many to go into ?survival mode??focusing on quarterly targets and literally staying alive. Now with signs of upturn on the horizon, it is time to make the most of resurgent opportunities?reenergizing your people and ultimately, performance within your organization by capitalizing on passion. As an HRD practitioner, you play a critical role in this process?helping to develop and leverage the passion that exists within your organization. This will be a highly-interactive session. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Discover and define the organization?s ?core? passions. Leverage an individual?s own passion for greater performance on the job. Align the organization?s passion to drive measurable performance results. Capitalize on passion to re-energize the workforce.