Everything Suzy Welch said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Welch argues employees generally must work in the office for promotions
“Yes, I think so. I mean, I see it all the time. I think in general, you're, you've got to be in the office if you want to be promoted.”
Welch's survey finds only 2% of Gen Z hold employer-desired values
“I did a survey of 1500 hiring managers, and I asked, what values do you wanna, what values do you hire for among Gen Z? And I'm gonna tell you, only two percent had the values they wanted.”
Welch: 65% of Gen Z value self-care versus 0% of hiring managers
“Eudaimonia is the number one value for 65% of Gen Z, and in 1500 hiring managers over the age of 40 in corporate positions, exactly zero percent said they wanted eudaimonia as a top value.”
Welch's research shows only 7% of people can accurately name their values
“So I did some research that proved that you are absolutely in the majority, and that only 17% of people could even begin to define values, and I was giving them very wide berth in this research, and only seven percent could actually name their values and exclu…”
Welch notes financial affluence and self-care inherently conflict as career values
“Why do affluence and eudaimonia have to be in conflict? I would say, I don't know. Ask God. You know, I don't know. Like, ask the universe. I am not here to solve this problem. I'm just here to report the facts that those two things are in conflict.”
Companies will aggressively recruit the 2% of work-centric Gen Z, predicts Welch
“So I think what's actually gonna happen in corporate America largely is it's gonna be kind of a cage match for those two percent. They're gonna come find them younger and younger, like Stern, there are some Stern undergraduates who start getting offers in thei…”
Welch mandates five days in-office and weekend communication for her startup
“I believe that great things happen with people together in a room, and I run a company myself, it's only 10 people, but we're, I, when we are interviewing, and we're growing right now, we say, this is a five days a week in the office, we're all together, and I…”
Career purpose requires intersecting values, aptitudes, and economically viable interests, says Welch
“And it's a methodology for figuring out three big data sets, your values, which no one knows, by the way. No one really knows. Their, your aptitudes, which people have a slightly better bead on, but not great. And your economically viable interests. These are …”
Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone cries in business meetings, reveals Welch
“Ken Langone, who ran Home Depot. There's not a meeting where that guy doesn't cry, ok? And he's real, and he touches people”