I love it when an article writes itself. This is a gift from heaven. The company, Tempo, has creating an entertaining and revealing infographic that defines the problem (wasting time), the biggest offender (young employees), the reason (lack of job satisfaction) and offers several ideas and solutions, including (but not limited to) their own software…
by Mark Sanborn and Eric Chester (This is Part 2 of 2 offering ideas on how to recruit, manage, and retain ‘firsters’ – i.e. young adults entering their first ‘real’ position. Here’s a link to Part 1.) In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Dennis Nally, the chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), summed up…
by Mark Sanborn and Eric Chester After graduating from college, Eric started his career as a high school business teacher and coach. Mark launched his career selling in the magazine business. Do you remember your first job? I mean your first time in a “real” job, an honest-to-goodness, full-time job after you completed your formal…
Plenty. You see, an entitlement mentality is not innate, rather it’s learned and often engrained into an individual. It stems from multiple experiences of an individual getting something for nothing, leading them to believe they are deserving and should have what they want without putting forth the effort that is normally required to produce that…
Full Disclosure: I am a Denver native and I bleed Bronco orange. I love Tim Tebow as person and a player. That being said, I am ecstatic that Peyton Manning will be Denver’s starting quarterback next season. Although it’s sad to see a guy with the class, the character, and the work ethic of Tim…
The most common adjective used by today’s employers to describe the young emerging workforce is ‘entitled’. While there are many exceptions and contradictions to any demographic stereotype, this label that young employees are having a difficult time shaking implies that they act as though they deserve more than their employers feel they are worth. The…
Never is the generation gap more exposed than during conflict. It’s during these turbulent times when managers lose their cool with younger employees and things often end worse than they need to. When rules are broken in situations that don’t call for immediate termination, gain your composure and think “Open The Front Door Now.” This…
It’s of great interest to me to see what others take away from my books and speeches. So, for the past several years, I’ve kept a file of the tweets others have posted that quote me after reading one of my blog posts, articles, or books, or after hearing me present a keynote at a…
I am a music lover. My iPod is bursting with tunes from every genre imaginable. Although I always tend to gravitate to oldies, classic rock, funk, 80’s, and even my dad’s elevator music, I have great respect for a lot of the new stuff coming out today. Bruno Mars is an artist that will be…
In 2004, I presented my Employing Generation Why keynote speech to about 300 sales managers of Southwestern, the renowned educational book publisher and distributor headquartered in Nashville, TN. With a 150-year history of getting top-quality college students to forgo their entire summer vacation to sell books door-to-door on a commission-only basis, Southwestern is unlike any…