I find that the trouble most people have with “networking” boils down to two things: It scares the-you-know what out of them. Someone recently came to me seeking advice on how to advance his career. This happens a lot, but his response was interesting. I told him to start networking. He responded that under no uncertain circumstances was he going to do that because it just wasn’t his personality. He went on to say that if he had to be someone he is not to get ahead, then he shouldn’t do it. He wasn’t going to try to kiss you-know-what
There is a lot of hype out there today, and there has been for quite of a few years, regarding generations in the workplace. It has become one of the key topics to focus on when it comes to interoffice dynamics and diversity issues in the workplace. And its fun to talk about it and classify people as such. While it is obvious that different events and cultural norms shape us all and these things can help define a generation of people (for example, who is dumb enough to think that 9/11 and the computer haven’t shaped the thought processes,
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