Robert Mejlerö

What’s the difference between how millennials and generation X are motivated?

Posted by Robert in eMBA, Leadership, Master thesis, Organizational Behaviour

There are many different thoughts and opinions circulating around in the “literature” and certainly on the internet about the cohort “millennials”. In my master thesis “What motivates professional early millennials in the workplace?” I surveyed 80 early millennial and generation X participants from 22 countries with a questionnaire and semi-structured in-depth interviewed 14 participants from 9 countries. On the question “What in your experience is the difference between generation X and millennials in the workplace?” the following interpretation could be made: With the exception of one participant, who’s a generation X:er,…read more

Jul.04

The Seven Areas of Work Motivation

Posted by Robert in Leadership, Organizational Behaviour

What motivates “millennials” in the workplace? A generation change is happening in the work force. In 2025, 3 out of 4 workers in the world will be millennials (Schawbel, 2012). But one doesn’t have to wait 10 years to see this coming, the millennials are already in the workforce and their values, their attitude to work and motivation has and will forever change the working environment. Companies have started to understand that in order to be more competitive, they should adopt Theory Y theories, which means to involve and engage…read more

May.04

The 5 steps to reach a corporate strategy

Posted by Robert in eMBA, Strategic Planning

Looking at the company strategy, whether it’s a small company or a large one, there are a “few” things that needs to be looked at. Who decides to do what? There are many different roles in an organization, and everyone has their perspective: Position Concern Organizational behaviours manager Change and its management Marketer Market research and consumer behaviour Economist Right time to be investing in expansion? Accountant Break even analysis Financer Discounted cash flow and rate of return Project Manager Make time, cost and quality trade-offs For the strategist, it’s…read more

Survey: What motivates millennials?

Posted by Robert in eMBA, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour

For my MBA course at Edinburgh Business School and FHNW Basel I’m writing a master thesis about motivation at work. It’s no news that there is a huge generation shift happening right now. According to a survey by Time, in 2025 the workforce will be 75% “millennials” (1980-2000). This is a subject of high interest to companies as they struggle to understand what motivates employees these days. The research question of the master thesis is “What motivates professional early millenials in the workplace and what is the best way to…read more

Feb.08

Feb.04

What motivates professional early millennials in the workplace and what is the best way to manage them to reach their potential?

Posted by Robert in eMBA, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour

“A generation change is happening in the work force. In 2025, 3 out of 4 workers in the world will be millennials (Schawbel, 2012). But one doesn’t have to wait 10 years to see this coming, the millennials are already in the work force and their values, their attitude to work and motivation has and will forever change the working environment. Companies have started to understand that in order to be more competitive, they should adopt Theory Y theories, which means to involve and engage their employees vertically, have less…read more

Why does the share have a certain value?

Posted by Robert in Finance

A common question is why the shares on the stock market costs the way they do. Answer: The price is based on the future dividends expectation from the company. —”What? But the dividend is so low and I don’t think that this is true. The price is much higher than any dividends I’ll get from it. And what about when companies doesn’t pay any dividends at all? Especially certain tech companies. How can they have that value without dividends?” First, let’s clear out what a dividend is. It is a…read more

Apr.02

How to make a business case

Posted by Robert in Finance

What are relevant things to include in a business case, and how do you make sure that this Business Case is based on facts and not made to make it just look nice? There is a complete finance book behind this, but the idea is to spare you the read, and instead give you an example of a simple business case, that can be used for project evaluation. 1. Overview The first step is to get an overview of what your project will cost when, and how much it will…read more

Mar.31

Feb.02

What happens to the team when their manager (or leader) changes?

Posted by Robert in Leadership

Are you interested in leadership theory around team-psychology? 2006 I attended a course called “UGL – Understanding Group and Leader” in Sweden. One model that I found very useful, and have applied to various positions in my work-life has been a version of the “FIRO-circle”. I think it gives a great “beginners perspective” to group dynamics. FIRO stands for “Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation). I won’t go in to more history than that, hey that’s what Wikipedia is for (Click here for FIRO). Instead, I’m going to jump directly in to…read more

How do we heal medicine?

http://www.ted.com/talks/atul_gawande_how_do_we_heal_medicine

Dec.03

Nov.29

Waterfall vs Agile

Posted by Robert in Agile, Project Management

Let’s start with looking at the myth. Agile means less documentation, less work, no management and you could do whatever you want. Not true. In fact Agile methodologies means more management, but mainly more self-accountability. It’s a way to engage all the participants of the team and do the planning together (with the people who knows their stuff). It’s also a way to be able to quickly change requirements and add features – by being in close contact with the customer we’ll deliver what the business needs now. It doesn’t…read more