After 40 years as a professional woman who by many standards has “made it,” I am struck by the extent to which young and highly educated—even Ivy-league educated—employees are challenged by the ambiguities and realities of the contemporary competitive workplace.
Having always been exceptional, and having done what was expected of them, usually by their parents and teachers, they expect the workplace to be like a classroom wherein good performance based on reasonably clear expectations gets you an A+.
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