Mary L. Erlain's Blog, page 34

Baby Boomers in the Workforce – Two Generations in One!

Excerpt from  “Empowering the Multi-Generational Workforce”   Boomers (1946-1964)  Ambitious Strong work ethic Loyal to careers and employers Optimistic Tendency to be workaholics Personal gratification Heroes Gandhi Martin Luther King, Jr. Mother Theresa President John F. Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Senator Robert F. Kennedy Defining Events Vietnam War Woodstock Women’s Rights Watergate Civil Rights Movement Birth […]

Traditionalists in the Workforce

Excerpt from “Empowering the Multi-Generational Workforce” book: Traditionalists (born prior to 1946)  Also, known as Radio Babies, Veterans, Seniors, or the Greatest Generation Conservative Fiscally prudent Loyal to their employers Practical Frugal Dedicated o Respectful Heroes President Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Babe Ruth Jackie Robinson Joe DiMaggio Defining Events Great Depression World War II […]

Peer Groups – A Place to Call Home for the Entrepreneur

It’s hard to believe successful business people can be sorry about anything, but they frequently are. From my personal experience, there’s even a case to be made that the more successful you are in business, the more likely you are to be sorry: For being late For not responding to e-mails or returning calls For […]

Authority and Power

Using your power effectively creates a motivational climate in the organization that moves you closer to your personal goals, moves your team members closer to their goals, and brings the goals of the organization within reach. In your role as leader, you can choose the methods you will use for motivating team members. You are […]

Performance Problems – A Better Approach

An integral part of working with and through people to accomplish desired results is taking corrective action when it is needed. Discard any fear that upholding high standards hurts relationships with your team members. On the contrary, avoiding corrective action and failing to help each member make a positive contribution to the team projects an […]

Leading the Way in the Multi-Generational Business

Leadership can be stressful. But effective leaders use stress as a constructive force rather than allowing it to become a destructive one. Stress occurs when conditions produce awareness that some action is required to satisfy a need, to solve a problem, or to prevent some undesirable result. Without constructive stress, motivation would be at an […]

Empower Your Workforce Through Effective Delegation

No matter how ambitious, talented, or self-disciplined you are, at some point it becomes necessary to involve other people in achieving results and building effective productivity. Empowerment is the means for accomplishing these goals. Empowerment is the creation of a motivational climate that releases power, resources, and responsibility to each team member to foster maximum […]

Leadership Basics

Success as a manager depends upon accepting your responsibility as a leader. To function effectively as a leader, you must make some choices about your role within the organization, your priorities as a manager, and the values by which you live. You must know who you are, both personally and as part of the whole […]

Motivating the Multi-Generational Workforce

One way to empower the multi-generational workforce is to learn what works to create a motivated workforce. The most effective system of motivation is based on the satisfaction of individual needs. Become sensitive to the needs of the people you wish to motivate and help them fill their ever-expanding appetites for achievement, recognition, self-expression, and […]

Facing Your Fears Head On

You were born to lead, but in the process of adjusting to the complexities of the world, you’re sometimes so occupied with satisfying basic needs that you can give little thought, time or attention to self-fulfillment and development of personal leadership. Habits developed in this context become demotivators. The most common demotivator is fear. Overcome […]