 | Reviving Work Ethic: A Leader's Guide To Ending Entitlement And Restoring Pride In The Emerging Workforce By Eric Chester
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For frustrated managers and leaders, a guide to instilling a strong work ethic in the modern workforce.
Work ethic in America is fast declining, plaguing young and old alike. But in Reviving Work Ethic, Eric Chester shows that you do best to focus on your young employees--those whose habits and ideals can still be influenced. He presents an incisive look at the root of the entitlement mentality that afflicts many in the emerging workforce and shows readers the specific actions they can take to give their employees a deep commitment to performing excellent work.
And his advice is crucial to a healthy bottom line: too often, talented-but-difficult-to-understand younger workers stand between your company and its profits. If business owners, managers, and executives are not connecting with them and modeling the key components of work ethic, employees are likely not connecting effectively with customers--leaving all kinds of money on the table.
Reviving Work Ethic is the culmination of years of research as well as presentations to over two million youth. Chester's experience shows in his confident analysis of the seven components of work ethic and in his proven strategies for handing them down to young employees.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #84287 in Books
- Published on: 2012-01-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 224 pages
Review
''Too many young people are under the impression that work is a four-letter word; something to be avoided. Chester shows leaders how to get inside their heads--and their hearts--and get them to take pride in their work and perform at their best.'' --Ron Boire, president and CEO, Brookstone
''Eric has distilled his vast experience into a timely and concise book that will be very valuable to anyone who wants to improve the performance of young people in today's workforce. This is a must-read for managers, teachers, and parents.'' --Ted Fowler, president and CEO, Golden Corral
''Nothing beats hard work, and never will. The problem is that it is in short supply. In this wonderful book Eric Chester lays out the path to getting back to basics and unleashing winning behaviors in your workforce. Read it, study it and then DO IT! It will make you a better leader.'' --Chester Elton, coauthor of best-selling The Orange Revolution and The Carrot Principle
''Chester certainly has a handle on driving performance through the emerging workforce. And with the diminishing work ethic being such a pressing concern for leaders, the timeliness of this book couldn't be better.'' --Donald Broman, president, Snap On Industrial
''No one knows the emerging workforce better than Eric Chester. He's spot on when it comes to the challenge leaders face for improving work ethic and restoring pride, and he offers advice that is both practical and solid.'' --Joseph M. DePinto, president and CEO, 7-Eleven
About the Author
Eric Chester is an acclaimed expert in school-to-work transition. He has presented for more than two million youth at 1,500 high schools and colleges and has spoken to hundreds of leading companies and organizations that rely on teens and young adults as their front line workforce. Chester is the author four books, most recently Getting Them to Give a Damn and has coauthored eight others. He's the founder of the Bring Your ''A'' Game to Work youth training and certification program and is the president of Reviving Work Ethic, Inc., a speaking and consulting firm.
Most helpful customer reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.A book exactly right for the times...
By Brian S. Walter
Too many of our youth don't put enough WORK into their work. It's not simply a case that they are avoiding the OVERwork of their divorced or extremely unhappy parents. They just don't apply themselves at a level worthy of the compensation they are being paid. Eric Chester's new book on the Work Ethic (the first in nearly a century) doesn't just outline the problem...he provides solutions. What more could you want from a timely business book?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.Now you'll know what to do
By Mitchell Gooze
If you're fed up with the entitlement mentality of the young workers in your organization, stop bellyaching and do something about it! This book is a great place to start as it defines the mysterious term of work ethic, explains in great detail what has happened to the work ethic in America, and, most importantly, it reveals what leaders can do to inspire people to want to work harder and live up to an acceptable standard of values. Reviving Work Ethic is more than the title of a book; it's a long overdue battle cry!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.Timely advice and stratigies for a growing problem
By John Chancellor
All you need to do to become aware of the growing problems of a declining work ethic is to reflect on your latest shopping trip or visit to most fast food outlets. I see it daily. Workers who are poorly dressed, more concerned with socializing with their co-workers or more involved with their texting than their job seem to be on the rise.
As Eric Chester, the author of Reviving Work Ethic points out, "The decline of work ethic is not uniquely an American problem, but one that is affecting all Western nations and a growing number of those in the East." "There now exist a pandemic of young people who are disillusioned, disenfranchised, disengaged, and depressed, and who carry those attitudes with them into the workplace."
This is not a situation which will be self-correcting. This book serves two very important functions. First to make us more aware of the decline in the work ethic. Second to offer some concrete strategies for reversing this trend.
The author starts out by examining the current state of work ethic. According to the author, "Somewhere along the way, Western culture has lost sight of the virtues that comprise work ethic - the very things that helped build our country." For those who have not studied or though much about the current "entitlement mentality" or the idea that everyone expects to achieve fame and fortune, this is a very sobering discussion.
We as adults have fostered some very unrealistic expectations in the younger generation and the problems are now coming home to haunt us.
Mr. Chester sets out to define work ethic. To get a good basis, he defines what he calls "sandbox values" - the values we were all taught as kids: Smile and play nice, be prompt, look your best, do your best, obey the rules, tell the truth and say please and thank you. Then he translates the "sandbox values" into the characteristics of a good work ethic: Positive attitude, Reliability, Professionalism, Initiative, Respect, Integrity and Gratitude.
Mr. Chester has created a Valued Quadrant that charts where a person would be on the work ethic quadrant. The horizontal axis is cognizance - know or don't know. The vertical axis is Compliance - do or don't do. The job of managers is to move the workers up the compliance axis and over to the cognizance axis.
There is a chapter on each component in the work ethic model. Mr. Chester goes into penetrating and insightful detail about the current problems and attitudes and gives specific strategies for dealing with and changing them. At the end of each chapter is a section called "Additional conversational starters and tips". This gives some very specific and field tested methods for getting the message across to your workers.
The book is extremely well written and is based on Mr. Chester's extensive experience working with teenagers and young adults. It is very insightful. While you will clearly see the problems, there is hope because he offers some very sound strategies for improving the situation.
If you are in anyway involved with younger workers, then this is a very important read. We must change the work ethic or we will surely suffer the consequences.
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