people where you’re leading them to
and know what’s going to motivate
them. If you’re going to manage, you
need to know your team’s strengths and
how to reward them.
‘Lazy’ can mean disengaged.
‘Slow’ can mean unmotivated.
Ambitious can be…ambitious. What’s
so wrong with that?
Every time you think “bloody Gen Y”,
It’s not touch-feely, meditation stuff
think, “Am I being generationalist?”
– adapting to your environment and
Because taking the filter off, asking a
your audience is how you get ahead and few simple questions, and changing
create high performing teams.
how you treat the people in your
workplace could just bring out the next
Making others feel good and allowing Mark Zuckerberg right there in your
them the freedom to work to their
office.
IT’S A PROVEN FACT THAT DIVERSITY
IMPROVES PERFORMANCE.
LET’S EMBRACE IT.
strengths and air their opinions is
effective, productive and creates an
environment people want to work in.
It’s all well and good to think if you’re
at the top of a sexy agency that there
are plenty more fish in the Gen Y-sea
for you to choose from, but how much
does it cost every time you have to exit,
recruit and onboard a new person?
I have literally seen people do a 180
after a 30-minute, honest chat about
what they wanted. Not a review, a
“what gets you buzzing?” chat.
KATE SAVAGE is a certified Career Coach and
Mentor for the Creative industry.Contact her.
here.
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