Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:56 — 42.3MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSS

Welcome to episode 12, where we discuss how to engage your millennial workforce. Sharon and I interview Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky, a millennial workplace expert, internationally renowned keynote speaker, and bestselling author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters.

Smiley has spoken about finding meaningful work at Fortune 500 companies, international conferences and leadership development programs, universities and graduate schools. His writing has been published in The Washington Post, Fast Company, Time, Forbes, and GOOD, and his work has been featured in Mashable, VICE, CNBC, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and the World Economic Forum. He previously worked as the special assistant to the director of global operations at the U.S. Peace Corps.

In this episode, Sharon and I talk to Smiley about:

• Why millennials are experiencing “quarter-life breakthroughs”
• How employees need align with their purpose – and their company’s purpose
• Why companies need to get rid of the “corporate ladder” approach to career progression
• How communicators can rethink engaging their employees

And much, much more.

About Sharon McIntosh

Sharon is president of And Then Communications. With more than two decades of communications experience, she has a passion for creating and executing new ideas to drive employee engagement at companies both large and small. Most recently Sharon served as PepsiCo’s vice president of Global Internal Communications, overseeing the company’s efforts to connect with its more than 274,000 employees worldwide.

About Sharon Phillips

Sharon Phillips is principal of Sharon Phillips Communications, which focuses on employee engagement and corporate communications strategy and support. Prior to relaunching her consultancy in 2014, she served as director of Global Internal Communications at PepsiCo.