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Comment on Caveat Emptor…When it comes to considering a “Life Coach” by Maryam Kaur

Maryam Kaur — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:50:49 +0000

a life coach is sometimes needed if you sort of lost direction in your life.”`.

Comment on Good OnBoarding Practice for Everyone or Just Gen Y by Megan Thompson

Megan Thompson — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:54:13 +0000

my grandfather is also a baby boomer and he is also a war veteran;–

Comment on Team Building by Trinity James

Trinity James — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:23:26 +0000

Team building is really necessary for a very successful implementation of business plans.~-`

Comment on Good OnBoarding Practice for Everyone or Just Gen Y by Sofia Singh

Sofia Singh — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:26:53 +0000

My grandpa is also a Baby Boomer and we love him a lot.:;:

Comment on Caveat Emptor…When it comes to considering a “Life Coach” by Ava Davis

Ava Davis — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:01:52 +0000

A Life Coach is sometimes very necessary so that we do not loose our way in our lives..*~

Comment on When Lawmakers Try to Help People Work and Play Well With Others by Reuben Saltzman

Reuben Saltzman — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:31:49 +0000

I just inspected a condo today that had a bath tub without claw feet. I’ll have to be sure to write that up as a defect in my inspection report.

Comment on Is an MBA Worth It? by If You’ve Decided to Get Your Doctorate, Read This First! | Working With Others

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:31:16 +0000

[...] There has been a lot of chatter on Brazen Careerist, Life Without Pants, and Untemplater about the pro’s and con’s of returning to school to pursue another degree. In an interview at Untemplater, Alexandra Levit says she is cautious about the idea of getting an MBA – unless you want to be a brand manager. Matt Cheuvront flatly says “I’ll never go back to school again” on his blog. I’ve already weighed in on my opinion of whether or not an MBA is worth it. [...]

Comment on Happy Birthday, Dad…and Thanks! by Thanks for the advice, Mom! And Happy Birthday! | Working With Others

Thanks for the advice, Mom! And Happy Birthday! | Working With Others — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:58:23 +0000

[...] I’ve blogged in the past about what I’ve learned from my father about working and playing well w… I just wanted to share a key lesson from my mother that contributed greatly to my almost twenty year run as a freelance consultant/writer. I was probably about eight years old. It was summertime and I was playing Little league baseball. I guess I inherited my mother’s prowess with a bat because I was a pretty comfortable as a hitter right from the start. And this particular evening I had four base hits and was touting my exploits to the neighbors. My mother overheard my bragging, dragged me into the house, and firmly explained that “tooting your own horn” was not only inappropriate, it could come back to embarrass you. Her belief was that it is much better to let others talk about your accomplishments rather than doing it yourself. [...]

Comment on Play Nice with Others: How to Work with Generation Y by Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:53:42 +0000

@ Jessica – Thanks! It really is less about Generation Y and more along the lines of “we are all in this together” – There is this “segregation” of our Generation which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me – we’re younger, but other than that, not so much different in our career needs and wants.

@Tim – Your comment here offers no substance and your criticism of the “recycled” blog post has nothing to do with the topic. John makes a good point – this may have been said before but I take a unique approach in saying that we really AREN’T that different to “work with”. Also, I don’t see you you claim this to be a “complaint” – rather, it’s a post on how we should all be working together, instead of complaining and dividing ourselves into groups. If you want to debate the topic, I’m more than happy to – but to debate the quality of the post doesn’t really present anything constructive, does it?

@Joe – thanks for the comment. It sounds like you were presented with quite the challenge but did a lot to overcome it. Cheers!

@John – I’ll go ahead and say “thanks for having me”!

Comment on Play Nice with Others: How to Work with Generation Y by Joe Salome

Joe Salome — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:39:34 +0000

Fellow Mellenial here. You really hit the nail on the head. Its not about what generation your from but as you said “it’s about effectively running any business with any demographic, establish outstanding relationships and building trust.”

As a Gen Y’er we have no fear and we do want to learn as much as we can. Just know we process and take in the information in a much different way. We are trial and error. We are benchmark and improve. We are remember the old school but cant wait to see the next innovation.

Roll reversal from your example with my situation. I was the young guy that became boss.

As a 28 year old I was a district manager for 10 hair salons. The only experience I had in the industry was in marketing-Regional Marketing Manager for 3 years. I had always worked in more of a corporate environment. I then transitioned to a district manager when my position was eliminated.

Anyways, I was managing stylists that ranged from 19 years old to 60+ years old. Backgrounds from all over this world, with various socioeconomic situations. Im a 28 year old white guy from the burbs with a college degree and my parents never got divorced. I had a “normal” life growing up..

To say the least, the challenge at hand was going to be a tough one. The only women I ever had to deal with was my mom and wife-two was enough! I was about to embark on an entirely new situation.

It was all about communication, trust, and relationship building. This was the basis for how I led over 150 stylist to be successful. I had to build credibility, show I was a good leader and that I could be trusted.

My position was not about how old I was or the lack of experience that I had but how I could relate, learn, connect and deliver on my word to a large group of individuals that had various backgrounds. And ultimately have everyone trust that I knew what I was doing…because I did!

We are all the same. We can learn allot from each other. Communication and trust are keys to any relationship.

It took time to build trust. It took time to build credibility. It took time to learn to connect in so many various ways with so many various types of people. So if this Gen Y’er can do it and be successful, then why in the hell can’t you?

Now go and play nice