Comments on: Positional Authority is OUT http://imaginefellowship.org/positional-authority-is-out A non-denominational church in San Antonio, TX Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:18:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nan http://imaginefellowship.org/positional-authority-is-out/comment-page-1#comment-112 Nan Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:14:05 +0000 http://imaginefellowship.org/?p=236#comment-112 Kev, you are so right. This generation comes with a sense of entitlement that can often frustrate their elders. They are being told by their parents, professors and friends to expect $80,000/year out of college, a company car and a gas card. Expectations aren't being managed properly and so I feel that this has contributed to the current generation questioning everything. Is it wrong? I don't know, but reaching out to catch them where they are is the way. The cool part is that it gives you the opportunity to ask much more of them. "Oh, you want a fancy title and all these things? No problem! Here's a list of things we need to get you there!" As you said, it is not about fighting this attitude, it is about embracing it, maximizing the contribution that they provide and giving them a game plan to get where they want to be. Kev, you are so right. This generation comes with a sense of entitlement that can often frustrate their elders. They are being told by their parents, professors and friends to expect $80,000/year out of college, a company car and a gas card. Expectations aren’t being managed properly and so I feel that this has contributed to the current generation questioning everything. Is it wrong? I don’t know, but reaching out to catch them where they are is the way.

The cool part is that it gives you the opportunity to ask much more of them. “Oh, you want a fancy title and all these things? No problem! Here’s a list of things we need to get you there!”

As you said, it is not about fighting this attitude, it is about embracing it, maximizing the contribution that they provide and giving them a game plan to get where they want to be.

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