Chasing Relevance Flashcards

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Origin Story

Why- in spite of or rather because of my screwed-up childhood, my story has always been to help people of and situations to be better than anyone imagines they could be- ____________ them, _____________ them, _______________ pushing them to be their best.

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Empower, Helping, Pushing

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Origin Story

Dan had found his mission, what is it?

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To create connected workplaces so we can all be better individually

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Origin Story

That old school command and control attitude towards youth will what?

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Fail every time.

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Origin Story

To hold ourselves accountable for eradicating the gap in workplace expectation we must all find relevance in bridging the skills gap to create the next generation leader by-

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Creating powerful, authentic relationships in the work place.

Promoting behavior that creates a culture of openness, delivering value and shared purpose.

Teaching real-deal skills and increasing individual accountability to drive company results.

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Origin Story

Bridging the gap is not just about getting generations to work together, it is what I said before:

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creating next generation leaders in millennials as well as teaching current managers how to better be leaders by guiding those millennials and letting them guide us.

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Origin Story

What is caring in this book?

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Caring enough to tell the truth, be bold and confront hard stuff.

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Origin Story

So, we have a choice, what is it?

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Care about millennials by pushing ourselves to be better larders and coach’s, or continue to be careless by ignoring and dismissing the general divide

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Origin Story

The answer is clear: We all need to care more about millennials. Because?

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We love them, we need them, and we want to succeed.

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  1. Into

Millennials were born between what years according to the book?

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1980-2000

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  1. Into

How many Millennials are there in the US alone?

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About 83 million

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  1. Intro

How many Millennials are there worldwide?

2.4 billion

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  1. Intro

What percent of the world’s population is under 30.

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60%

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What percent of Millennials are your workforce?

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36%

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Millennials will be nearly 75% of the workface by what year?

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2025

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  1. Intro

Millennials control how much in spending?

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$660 billion

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  1. Intro

[Millennials] Are their own ­­­­_________.

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Brand

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  1. Intro

What percent of parents receive input from their kids when making purchasing decisions?

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90%

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  1. Intro

A problem that costs business more than ever is what?

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Our ability to attract, train and retain next generation leaders is critical to the future success of our business, but a huge and damaging connection, communication and understanding gap exists between non- Millennials and Millennials in our work place.

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What percent of organizations lose 15 percent of more of their Millennial workforce annually?

30%

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What percent of Millennials leave their employers with in how long?

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60% , 3 years

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  1. Intro

It costs companies how much to replace each Millennials?

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$15,000-$25,000

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  1. Intro

What percent of organizations report that the loss of Millennial employees increased the workload and stress of other employees.

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71%

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  1. Intro

Workload stress combined with disconnection to breed disengagement: how many employees report being “disengaged” of “actively disengaged” at work?

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7 out of 10

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  1. Intro

What is the estimated cost of this disengagement?

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$450 billion

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  1. Intro

What percent of c-suite executives recognize the disengaged are among the biggest threats to their business?

87%

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  1. Intro

Only what percent of organizations have a plan on place to engage Millennials and future generations?

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22.9%

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  1. Intro

What is Dan’s solution to the disengagement?

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Care more to create genuine connections that compel you and everyone who works for you to show up every day accountable to one another and focused on results.

Work from the inside out to build powerful relationships that bridge the gaps

Shift your mindset to one of positive intent, teaching and learning, shared goals, delivering value, and empowering success.

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  1. Intro

What is the first step to success:

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Stop chasing relevance and find it - get out of your own way and pay attention.

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  1. Intro

Dan call himself a proud out of the closet what?

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“perennial Millennial”

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  1. Intro

You think Millennials want all the power?

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They are the power and our future.

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  1. Intro

Ann Hubert said in her Ted Talk what?

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“Millennials decide who will come with them into the future they are building….They decide what to destroy, reinvent and leave behind.”

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  1. Intro

What is generational conflict?

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We hate them, we love them

They love us, they aren’t sure about us.

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  1. Intro

There is lot of raw talent to __________, coach, _________ and __________.

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Attract, teach, retain

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  1. Intro

They may have the power but they also have what?

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Doubts about us

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  1. Intro

According to the US Census Bureau and US Dept. of Education how many Millennials lived with their parent during the last recession as many launched careers.

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1/3

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  1. Intro

Yet even as the US economy improved from 2010 to 2015, according to the Pew Research center the share of young adults living in their parent’s homes increased to what percent?

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26% up from 24%

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  1. Intro

How many of those living independently say the still rely on financial help support from their families?

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More than 1/3

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  1. Intro

This is the first generation in our country that what?

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Won’t do as well as their parents.

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  1. Intro

In the article “The Stunning Evolution of Millennials: They’ve Become the Ben Franklin Generation” states

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Millennials didn’t trust authority and conventional sources of wisdom before the melt down.

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  1. Intro

Wealthfront argues that Millennials…have been nickeled-and-dimed through a wide verity of services and they value what?

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Simple transparent, low-cost services.

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  1. Intro

The Pew study ‘Millennials in Adulthood’ confirms Wealthfront finding that’…just what percent of Millennials say most people can be trusted, comparted to what percent of Gen Xers, 37% of Silents and 40% of boomers.

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19% and 31%

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What percent of Millennials believe they will get where they want, yet what percent are unsure and conflicted and are afraid of not living up to their potential and not getting where they want to be.

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84% and 79%

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  1. Intro

What percent of Millennials fell they are behind where they want to be?

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39%

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  1. Intro

We need to help Millennials and guide them, Why?

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Because no one else is teaching them otherwise.

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  1. Intro

Manager top disconnect and frustrations with their Millennials are strikingly similar across all companies regardless of what?

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Location, size or industry

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  1. Intro

If you think you are doing well at something and your audience thinks you are not, that disconnect is not only what?

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An organizational problem but also a personal problem that you need to solve.

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  1. Intro

We claim we want a work/life balance yet the US Bureau of labor statistics reports then an average American works about how much more in a year than in a 1976.

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One month

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