Vol. XVIII, No. 9, October-November 2018

  1. Editor's corner
  2. Ocean5 & Table 47 awarded LEED Silver Certification
  3. Having a positive impact means more than money for employees
  4. The latest on social media users
  5. Married-couples across the generations
  6. Expanding popularity of different games for social venues
  7. Pumpkin flavor time
  8. Old school eatertainment concepts losing the "eats"
  9. Plant-forward eating trend
  10. The truth about the mall apocalypse and the future of retail
  11. Eatertainment has gone to the dogs
  12. The winners of the 2018 Blended Burger Project
  13. Changing market share for community-based entertainment

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Having a positive impact means more than money for employees

The Temkin Group, a customer experience research, consulting and training firm, surveyed more than 5,000 U.S. employees about what they felt was the most important thing they want to accomplish at work. By a very large margin, making a positive impact was the top motivator, chosen three times more often than the next highest, Earning a lot of money. Third place motivation was advancing your career.

Their study also examined the motivations by age. Making a positive impact started at 27% for ages 18-24 and grew progressively across the age groups to 59% for ages 65-74. Earning a lot of money stayed in the teen percentages until ages 65-74 when it dropped to 8%.

So, it ends up that the conventional wisdom that employees primarily want to earn a lot of money is not true. They'd rather Make a difference. Working for businesses such as Ocean5 (check article in this Leisure eNewsletter) that have a clear mission of making a difference in the world gives a business a clear competitive advantage in attracting and keeping employees.

To read the Temkin Group's full report on the top eight work motivations, click here.

Vol. XVIII, No. 9, October-November 2018

  1. Editor's corner
  2. Ocean5 & Table 47 awarded LEED Silver Certification
  3. Having a positive impact means more than money for employees
  4. The latest on social media users
  5. Married-couples across the generations
  6. Expanding popularity of different games for social venues
  7. Pumpkin flavor time
  8. Old school eatertainment concepts losing the "eats"
  9. Plant-forward eating trend
  10. The truth about the mall apocalypse and the future of retail
  11. Eatertainment has gone to the dogs
  12. The winners of the 2018 Blended Burger Project
  13. Changing market share for community-based entertainment

[ Index of Previous eNewsletters ]