Part of the thesis for online mentorship is encouraging more inter-generational conversations. While high-minded, we acknowledge that there could be many reasons why your Baby Boomer co-worker just doesn’t want to talk. Case in point: language barriers. So we bounced some millennial-speak off people of a certain age this week. This is what we heard……
A common complaint I’ve been hearing lately among mentees is the feeling that nobody is listening to them in a meeting. Okay. Then the kicker: somebody else in the room says the exact same thing and gets praised as a genius. Apparently it’s enough of a phenomenon to merit a new word: “My friends coined…
It happens to the best of us. I worked with a programming executive whose solution to most everything was to eliminate people from meetings. He was convinced this was the source of leaks, which also happened to encumber his influence: too many cooks in the kitchen. How do you take a seat at the table…
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down. No one ever worked for me. Nor did I ever work for anybody. We worked together. True, there are occasional accidents of career, but the greatest successes are not…
Many of my female mentees work in male-dominated environments. They typically can’t go to higher ups. Partly because of their own drive and partly because asking for help is the antithesis of the aggression required to succeed (in those environments). It’s easy to cast judgment on these traditional corporate cultures, but I think it’s imperative…
I think you have to take everything that looks like a blow and turn it into a triumph. This is where my energy comes from: I just won’t be licked. I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar. You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if…
If you’ve spent more than 5 seconds wondering how to sign that email, then you’ll get this latest poke at corporate life. Just one outsider’s opinion – enjoy! 10. Best, “The more I associate my name with this word, the more people will think better of me.” 9. Regards, “Take me seriously!” 8. Peace, “I’m…
