Comments on: Attn leaders/managers: people are people

By: MAPping Company Success

MAPping Company Success — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:17:44 +0000

[...] strictly on doing these things in order to lure younger employees because they demand it, when the same perks will attract works of any [...]

By: Miki Saxon

Miki Saxon — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:53:40 +0000

Very true, Mike, but whether it’s the DOs or DON’Ts the answers are still the same for all people.

By: Mike King

Mike King — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:45:35 +0000

I think a lot of what people talk about being unique to certain groups is caused by people asking how they DON’T want to be treated instead of how they DO want to be treated. The words describing what they don’t want are many, the words describing what they do want are few.

By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:11:32 +0000

Nice post, Miki. There will always be the quest for the newest “finding” but most of what we read will be what Plutarch knew.

By: Miki Saxon

Miki Saxon — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:28:42 +0000

Only to us simple-minded folk, Casey, only to us:)

By: Casey Ross

Casey Ross — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:08:29 +0000

Miki – I’ve worked with children, youth, and adults. I’ve worked with every generation alive today. I’ve worked with volunteers and paid staff. I’ve worked with “churched” and “unchurched” people. I’m married to a beautiful 34 year old and have a 6 year old daughter. Every one of the people represented above wanted to be treated the same way. People are people. It really is pretty simple.

By: Miki Saxon

Miki Saxon — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:27:28 +0000

Bob, granted everything you say is true, but I still have a problem when stuff like this is cast as exclusive to a certain group or demographic.

By: Bob Turek

Bob Turek — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:21:25 +0000

Miki- as you know packaging and repackaging the same thing can seem to make it “different”. I find this is also true with the concept of “innovation”- very little is truly new, rather, people need to realize that they can research innovative ideas in other areas and apply them to their own situation. As to the “helpful hints” type of advice- I think it’s more of a function of people forgetting or being lazy about applying what they learn so that they constantly need to be reminded about structured approaches to doing work and working with people.