The speaker for Monday’s CEO@Smith was Arne Sorenson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International, Inc. He has had many roles in the Marriott that has built up to his current position as CEO. His speech served as a great insight into how one can learn from both their past and current surrounding to improve upon themselves and their company. More than anything, Sorenson’s speech gave me hope that there are still senior CEO officers who believe that millennials could greatly benefit the business world.
Much of Sorenson’s speech had to do with his decision-making skills and how he justified difficult decision during his time as CEO. Some of these decisions included how they properly integrated the Marriott, how they decided …show more content…
As pointed out during the debate in Enterprise and Market, the 1% of America continues to grow significantly, however, the middle class has seen minimal growth since the 1980s. This means that Generation X and Millennials who are leaving college to go into the job force are not improving upon what their parents already built, but simply catching up to them. The concept that sending your child to college to give them a better chance to have a better life than their parents only seem to apply to the lower class who are fortunate enough to get this chance. A shocking report I read late last year revealed that children of middle-class African-American parents were on a downward path of making less than their parents. This is especially scary for me considering that I am Black and in the millennial generation. Sadly, it also does not seem as though a solution lies in our hands but in the hands of the older generation.
Though this was a sad realization to leave with, Sorenson’s speech did end with some positive advice. Overall, Sorenson’s speech suggest that you should keep an open mind and have to be willing to keep learning. His suggestion to millennials, apart from having great writing communication and speech, was to have a curiosity and have a life-long desire to learn. The desire to learn equals passion which equals a desire to push harder and improves
Much of Sorenson’s speech had to do with his decision-making skills and how he justified difficult decision during his time as CEO. Some of these decisions included how they properly integrated the Marriott, how they decided …show more content…
As pointed out during the debate in Enterprise and Market, the 1% of America continues to grow significantly, however, the middle class has seen minimal growth since the 1980s. This means that Generation X and Millennials who are leaving college to go into the job force are not improving upon what their parents already built, but simply catching up to them. The concept that sending your child to college to give them a better chance to have a better life than their parents only seem to apply to the lower class who are fortunate enough to get this chance. A shocking report I read late last year revealed that children of middle-class African-American parents were on a downward path of making less than their parents. This is especially scary for me considering that I am Black and in the millennial generation. Sadly, it also does not seem as though a solution lies in our hands but in the hands of the older generation.
Though this was a sad realization to leave with, Sorenson’s speech did end with some positive advice. Overall, Sorenson’s speech suggest that you should keep an open mind and have to be willing to keep learning. His suggestion to millennials, apart from having great writing communication and speech, was to have a curiosity and have a life-long desire to learn. The desire to learn equals passion which equals a desire to push harder and improves