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The Risks of Ignoring or Alienating Baby Boomers in the Workplace

The Importance of Baby Boomers in the Workplace There is a lot of emphasis on Millennials, what this generation does in the workplace, and how members of this cohort influence the organizations for which they work. This makes sense, as … Continue reading →

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What Makes Millennials Want to Work at your Organization?

Not a week goes by when a client or prospective client doesn’t speak about their need to improve how they recruit, retain and engage Millennial employees. We have launched our national survey on Gen Z and the data will be … Continue reading →

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What Millennials Mean by Work-Life Balance

Last week I presented at the annual Society for Human Resources Management conference in New Orleans. With more than 15,000 HR leaders and practitioners at the conference, the energy was and the dialogue was very engaging.  I presented on how … Continue reading →

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Money & Millennials: What Do They Value?

Yesterday, my colleague Bruce Sellery (@brucesellery) and I presented our new program Money & Millennials to several hundred financial advisors.  The discussions we had before, during and after the session highlighted for me the need to have dialogue around this … Continue reading →

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Motivating & Rewarding Employees of All Generations

How to motivate and engage employees is a topic that consistently receives attention from senior leaders, because it underpins all other business goals. The need to reward and recognize employees in a way that increases their motivation; makes them feel … Continue reading →

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What Different Generations Have in Common

As is often the case when I am having a discussion regarding generational differences, the issue of similarities and commonality arise. The conclusion is that while generational differences do exist (as is the case with other forms of diversity such … Continue reading →

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The Benefits of Vacations

How Vacations Help Productivity Happy New Year! Now that the holiday season is behind us for another year, it’s time to get back to work and focus on our goals for the upcoming months. Hopefully you had a chance to … Continue reading →

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What Other Generations Can Learn from Millennials

Learning from Millennials at Work One of the most common obstacles that I hear from employers is that they find it difficult to connect with Millennials and struggle to help them to “fit in” to the work environment. These struggles … Continue reading →

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What Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X Teaches Us About Working in Teams

How Different Generations Work Together The latest season of Survivor premiered last week and while reality TV is certainly not discussed on this blog often, this season has a special twist that makes it relevant. The latest season features one … Continue reading →

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You Still Have a Land Line? Gaps in Communication

In a session this week a participant shared that he had missed some important communications from a Millennial client because the client was sending text messages to his landline. When they discovered the gap in communication the younger customer exclaimed, … Continue reading →

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