Wow! This is crazeee…. you’ve GOT to listen to this short report from NPR’s Morning Edition (05/30/2007) by Chana Joffe-Walt:

Firms Hire Consultants to Handle Needy Workers
Companies are hiring consultants to help manage the “over-praised” Me Generation. The result? Kudos for showing up to work on time! Awards for getting a report in! Forget Employee of the Month — how about Employee of the Day! Some managers are resistant, saying the only praise they ever got was a paycheck.

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Mood : surprised (kinda), cynical (maybe just a little), but receptive and open to this new style of mgmt.  Music : David Byrne: Into the Eyeball