Winning the Workplace Race

Over the years a common theme in planning meetings has been the problem with today's employees. Why don't they show greater commitment, work harder, be more appreciative, take risks, invest in their own careers, etcetera. Everyone just assumes that employees know how to succeed and are choosing other behavior. Why should we make this assumption? If an employee never had a mentor, got bad advice, started their career with an awful company or on the wrong foot, they may not have a clue as to what is expected and how to succeed. At age 21, Adam Myrna, John and Mary's son, started a store front business that required he hire people who, frankly, demonstrated many of the traits he demonstrated when working for others. After a year of this he decided the best way to learn how to motivate employees was to go work for someone else and be the employee he wished he could have hired. This book grew out of Adam's strategies for being a successful employee. It blends Adam's experience with his dad's insights.