The current workplace is increasingly characterized by a generational shift where younger people are getting more authority and bringing innovative ideas to their jobs about work styles and reasons for coming to work. He also gave several reasons why it s harder to be a leader in today s business environment than it has been in the recent past. Yet, ironically, you could not ask for better economic conditions or for better growth opportunities within your company. Employees Are More Demanding . The first reason it is so hard to be a grass roots leaders is that the people who work today are more demanding than they ever have been in the past.
People today have higher expectations of their work than they ve ever had.
People want work that challenges them, excites them, means something to them. People want work that s fun to do. Working today isn t just about making a paycheck. You wave one thousand dollars in stock options at people and they jump. But, it is a cop-out for leaders, who can t figure out how to create the right environment, to say it s all about money today.