How to Motivate Younger Employees, with David Yeager
3/23/202639 min
David Yeager: 10 to 25
David Yeager is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and the cofounder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute. He is best known for his research conducted with Carol Dweck, Angela Duckworth, and Greg Walton on short but powerful interventions that influence adolescent behaviors such as motivation, engagement, healthy eating, bullying, stress, mental health, and more. He is the author of 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People (Amazon, Bookshop)*.
Older generations have been complaining about younger generations for all of recorded history. Today is no...
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First 90 secondsDave Stachowiak· Host0:00
Older generations have been complaining about younger generations for all of recorded history. Today is no different, and I often hear leaders struggling with motivating their younger employees. In this episode, the most recent research and practice for what actually works. This is Coaching for Leaders, episode seven seventy-five.
David Yeager· Guest0:21
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Dave Stachowiak· Host0:26
[upbeat music] Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is Coaching for Leaders, and I'm your host, Dave Stachowiak. Leaders are born, they're made, and this weekly show helps leaders thrive at key inflection points. One inflection point that is true for almost every leader is not just the performance that they are d- being mindful of in the organization, but how do you mentor others to be able to perform well, to be able to be great contributors in the organization? And a constant question that I get is, "How do I do that better for the youngest employees?" The folks maybe coming into their career or fir-- in their first few years of their career, and how do I do that effectively? Today, an expert who's gonna help us to really be more effective at being able to motivate the young people in our organization, but by the way, the principles, as probably won't be a surprise, I think are broadly applicable to so many of us. I'm pleased to introduce David Yeager. He is a professor of psychology at the University