The NEW War for Talent

The new war for talent is the War for Engagement.

The fight for the hearts and minds of our people has exploded in to our lives, in to our teams and across our organisations.

Regardless of the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression many people, believe it or not, have been largely unaffected in their jobs. While wary of the downturn many actually feel comfortable enough in their work amidst the turmoil around them.

That's good news ... right?

Comfort leads to complacency. Complacent people become disengaged.

Leaders now lead people focussed on ‘sitting out’ the downturn and ‘hanging on’ to their jobs in order to ‘survive’. In the boom, disengaged talent got up and left ... in the recession disengaged talent are staying. I am not sure which is worse!

This is the War for Engagement. And the good news is we can win.

Leaders of the new world get engaged using Multi-generational mindsets. They give reckless abandon to the labels their generations hold, not identifying themselves as Gen Y, Gen X or Baby Boomers.

Multi-generational mindsets are unleashing engaged, forward thinking change agents all over the planet.

The War for Engagement will be won by those willing to think differently ... change agents from all generations using Multi-generational mindsets to get engaged with the next era of leadership and growth ... moving from "survive" to "thrive" and taking the new world with them.