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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. GLOSS JULY 2015 43