Sharing Tips, Opinions and Experiences About Developing Leaders
Stop Adding Value. What a great reminder of what not to do. It is great to have enthusiasm for someone’s idea, but don’t commandeer it to make “improvements.” An idea can still be shepherded and given support, but allow the individual to mature the idea within the organization.
Simple axiom, but hard for some managers to remember.
Terrific Article by Bruce Nussbaum and exactly the trend I see. I want to capitalize on this for my kids. Entrepreneurs or Makers are on the rise. People don’t want to be employees. While that is nothing new and the whole point of enlightened leadership is to empower teams to take ownership. This is nonetheless a rewarding path that frees our kids from the tyranny of crony capitalism and mass consumerism.
A report by the Kauffman Foundation confirms 40% of 8-24 year old youth would like to be kid entrepreneurs or adult entrepreneurs instead of employees. The 2010 study shows a slight increase over the 2007 survey.
It could be that today’s wannabe entrepreneurs have more high-profile Internet kid entrepreneurs to encourage them. Perhaps, they also recognize that the knowledge and tools to create wealth are more readily available than at any other time in human history.
Whatever the reason this is a great trend for the USA, as well as the globe. Maybe one day we’ll all be working for our kids.
