The 'Extra Mile'

I don’t know any managers who would not want to see their employees go the 'extra mile'. But what does this really mean? For some managers it could mean 'work as many hours as I do or 'be on call 24/7'. For many it simply means visible hard work.

I don’t know many employees that are not juggling work responsibilities with other things like family time, sports, leisure and all those good things that make life meaningful. And most do in fact want to give their best at work.

 These two perspectives would seem to indicate an incompatibility with the notion of the 'extra mile'. I believe that the reason for this is the definition of what an extra mile actually means.