The High Performance Zone

Best of Episode: Employee Engagement with "The Undercover Millennial" Clint Pulver

February 02, 2023 John Foley Season 1 Episode 125
The High Performance Zone
Best of Episode: Employee Engagement with "The Undercover Millennial" Clint Pulver
Show Notes

In this week's Best of Episode, we welcome  Clint Pulver. Clint is an Emmy Award-winning, motivational keynote speaker, author, musician, and workforce expert. Clint was known for years as “The Undercover Millennial”, a project that had him doing years of direct research on employee engagement and retention. Clint is a fun, dynamic, entertaining, no-stress speaker. A Professional Drummer for over 20 years, he's played with top headlining fellow musicians in venues like the Vivint Arena, the Stadium of Fire, and the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. 

Known as the Leading Authority on Employee Retention, Clint helps organizations retain, engage, and inspire their team members from the front desk to the board rooms and everyone in between. He expertly helps audiences navigate generational complexities, communication challenges, leadership missteps, and cultural cues.

Topics covered in this episode: 

  • Becoming the “Undercover Millennial”
  • What Millennials really think about leadership
  • Creating a lens into the workplace 
  • Good leadership from the employees eyes
  • The 5 qualities of a great mentor 
  • The difference between leaders, managers, and mentors
  • What are happy employees most grateful for
  • Why leaders should create a “to-don’t” list
  • How the best leaders “create moments” for others
  • Playing the bongos on Howie Mandel’s bald head
  • The “cleanest” form of music
  • The power of speaking to kids
  • Receiving a suicide note after a high school speech
  • Changing young people’s lives
  • Being part of a human surgical trial that cures blindness