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Archive for September, 2009

How A Gen Y Leads

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Gen Y’s typically do not seek leadership the way Zoomers (Boomers who refuse to age) did or do. Many Zoomers felt that positions of leadership were signs of progress in their careers.
Gen Y’s see leadership as something extra that is added to their work load and they don’t want to be in charge the way it has been done by their Zoomer counterparts.
A Gen Y Leader looks at leadership as follows:
* Provide me with the training and skills to be a good leader I don’t want the job if I can’t be set up to succeed
* Don’t expect me to work as hard as you have or long hours in the office- I will get my job done and lead by using media, technology and I don’t need to be in the office to do this
* I don’t want to ‘boss’ people around- we are a collaborative team and I will be a interactive team leader
* We are solution oriented and we don’t always look to the past for the answer- please allow us to find new solutions that may require changing how we have done things

As you can see Gen Y sees leadership as a team effort not a hierarchical top down role. Gen Y is not impressed by seniority – they do not equate time on job with being highly efficient and productive.
We are seeing more Gen Y leaders and they are creating interesting dynamics for organizations acrosss North America.

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USA Today Survey- There IS a Generation Gap

Monday, September 14th, 2009

In today’s USA Today September 14th a quick survey showed that 79% of those born in the 60’s say there is definitely a generation gap. 69% of those born in the 70’s say there is a generation gap and 79% of those born in the 80’s say there is ‘for sure’ a generation gap.

The implications are big for both big business and small business. If there is such a gap in perceptions, values and ideals between the generations then it means we are not on the same page and if we are not on the same page there will be further challenges getting teams to work together with synergy.

Although HR experts may be sick and tired of hearing about the generations the issue is not going away any time soon. Progressive companies are focusing energy and resources on bridging the gaps of understanding to increase productivity and ultimately profitability.
Technology offers the common interest for all generations to get on board.
However we still need to work on the ’soft skills’ to go with the ‘tech’ skills.

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3 Questions To Ask On The Road to Economic Recovery

Friday, September 4th, 2009

We are on the road to recovery according to American and Canadian media. The global economy is shifting rapidly and we are faced with the ‘rattling of the cage’ that has happened to our businesses and our personal lives.
What has the recession done to you?
Was your job affected?
Was your income affected?
Was your family affected?
How?
I think we can all say that we have been and will be forever impacted by the challenges in the last 18 months.
I personally have re-evaluated my business and re-looked at my personal life and have vowed to not go back to old comfortable patterns but rather to really focus on being pliant, adaptable and willing to go outside my comfort zone in order to live according to my values.
I have in the last 18 months looked at my business model and have added joint venture projects, aligned products to my speaking business and have been able to schedule in 2010 for personal activities I always said I wanted to do but haven’t yet done.
In order to remain relevant for the new economy and the rapidly changing attitudes of our planet I think there are 3 questions we need to continue to ask ourselves as we move forward- I have been asking these questions of myself since last November and will continue to do so moving forward. They are:

#1- Is how I am currently doing my business or leading my team going to help us grow?
#2- Why am I attached to this certain ideal, way of doing things, or status quo?
#3- Am I blaming others or situations when I could be looking at creative solutions for this predicament?

These questions are keeping me honest and my clients as well.
The questions we ask ourselves leads us to our next level of growth.

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