After 39 books, I’m definitely still learning but I’ve picked up a few insights on “best practices” and what to avoid, which helps accelerate the process.
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Mission statements clarify what we do. Vision statements clarify what we see as a result. But to simply summarize them in rational terms won’t elicit the best effort from your team nor will it move your customers.
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Young adults recognize the need for good leaders but have no desire to lead. Unfortunately, misconstrued ideas of what leadership looks like have turned many from today’s emerging generation away from the responsibility.
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In every focus group I’ve witnessed, I hear young adults respectfully begging for fundamental change, not incremental change. While employers often propose tweaks to their current systems, today’s kids have been exposed to the “dirt” on leaders in nearly all industries.
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In every focus group I’ve witnessed, I hear young adults respectfully begging for fundamental change, not incremental change. While employers often propose tweaks to their current systems, today’s kids have been exposed to the “dirt” on leaders in nearly all industries.
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Social change is led by the newest generations who arrive on the scene. In nearly every case, older generations balk at their audacity, but this new wave of young professionals embody paradigms that eventually become acceptable.
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The world it introduces to us is both captivating and alarming, as you can imagine.
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With all the talk about the different generations alive today, I felt it may help to get acquainted with how each demographic approaches donations and philanthropy today.
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There is no doubt genetics can give us a predisposition toward certain strengths or weaknesses. Most of the time, however, it is both nature and nurture that shape us.
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Not one person from Generation X has ever been elected president. Baby boomer leaders or Builder generation leaders have controlled the White House for decades.
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When we interface with team members from a vastly different age group, it can feel like a cross-cultural interaction
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Maybe you respond well to harsh, self-criticism. Most people, however, respond much better to encouraging, challenging and positive remarks that push us toward our goal.
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The speaker assumes the listeners will “get it.” Unfortunately, listeners’ minds are in so many different places before hearing you speak—their biases may cause them to misunderstand the message you’re sending.
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In many places, “quiet quitting,” is the new norm; to do the bare minimum. The attitude is: what are you going to do, fire me?
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Entering a new year is a natural time to push “reset” and launch new habits. I have four ideas that immediately come to mind that I thought might be good reminders for you.
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As you enter a new year, I wonder if you’re looking for a specific kind of mentor. Perhaps a person who could be a communication mentor like Shawn was for me back in 1977.
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We’ve stepped into a different world with new realities, where team members expect more from their bosses and jobs and the power equation has shifted.
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Although the Millennial generation is the largest demographic in the workforce, Generation Z is the fastest growing population heading to work.
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