Managing MillennialsHorrible ideasAllowing your management controls to be dictated by "younger employees" is the worst idea ever. Every business I had to fix had several issues in common and one of those was the fact that management did not have control over labor/employees. When the inmates gain control over the...
Confident, forward-thinking, and 80 million strong, Generation Y will reshape the workplace. Here’s how to get the best out of your youngest workers.Even if you were born to boss, you’d do well to bone up on today’s crop of 20-something workers. Called millennials, this vast and important generation of...
Early Registration Discount for Program Ends Today DAVIS, Calif. -- Consumers' increasing view of wine as an integral part of a healthy lifestyle combined with the millennial generation's love of wine provide a solid foundation for the future of the industry worldwide as it rides out the current...
The balance of power between old-school managers and young talent is changing--a bit THEIR defenders say they are motivated, versatile workers who are just what companies need in these difficult times. To others, however, the members of "Generation Y"--those born in the 1980s...
It's been said countless times before: the youngest generation in the American workforce, the group known as the Millennials, don't want to adhere to decades-old workplace mores. In short, they want more time off, more flexibility to work outside the office, and less supervision. It's enough to give a...
* Your October 2008 article, "Defense Dept. Gripped By Fear of the Millennials" hit it right on the head. I would submit, however, that Web 2.0 technology and the culture it has spawned are here to stay, and as leaders and managers, rather than fear it, we...
Although some baby boomers are delaying retirement for several years because of the economy, the United States still faces a deficit of experienced employees and managers. According to the Office of Personnel Management reports, nearly 300,000 full-time employees will retire between 2006 and 2010, and twice that...
WORKFORCE The Center for Work & Family at Boston College has prepared a thorough and thoughtful examination of today's multigenerational workforce and all that it entails for the business community. "The Multi-Generational Workforce: Management Implications and Strategies for Collaboration" examines the traits of the four generations working...
Until 2001 we seemed to have a pretty good handle on what it takes to be a leader or manager. Then, our economy and industry tumbled - as it obviously has once again - and our fast-changing environment demanded a greater sense of urgency and raised questions about traditional beliefs...
The trophy kids grow up; how the millennial generation is shaking up the workplace. Ed. by Alsop, Ronald. Jossey-Bass 2008 262 pages $24.95 Hardcover HD6270 Alsop, a longtime writer and editor for The Wall...
Recent college graduates prioritize workplace culture in seeking out employment opportunities. New college graduates are looking for more than just a paycheck and health insurance benefits when they embark on their job searches. So what are they hoping to hear when they sit down at an interview?...
Contact Centers Embracing Web 2.0 Strategies to Leverage Millennial Workforce SEATTLE -- Envision Telephony, Inc., a leading global provider of software solutions for the contact center and the enterprise, today announced the company will host a Webinar for contact center professionals entitled "How Web 2.0 Will Change the...
Pongo[TM]Resume Offers a Solution to Help Employers Bridge the Gap NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- Pongo[TM]Resume, the premier full-service online resume-building resource that provides a suite of online tools to help job seekers market and manage their career, sees a workforce dominated by two generations of people - the older...
In his book How Will Millennials Manage? author and Harvard Business School professor emeritus James Heskett says that for leaders of the future to succeed they "must have great respect for human value, in-depth knowledge of human intuition and, most of all, the guts to act independently without prejudice to...
NEW YORK -- ID Media, the largest direct and digital media services company in the U.S., has selected Millennial Media, Inc., the largest and fastest-growing mobile advertising company, to offer its direct-response advertisers a competitive advantage in achieving their mobile advertising objectives. The partnership provides ID Media's 70...
effective management is no longer the classic "organize, direct, and control" nor is it the philosophy "treat them right; they'll be loyal." These approaches may work with those Baby Boomers who are still left in today's workforce, but they're significantly less effective with Generation X and certainly not effective with...
GUEST COLUMN No company that expects to stay in business can ignore the economic power of the purse. The Central Penn Business Journal's Aug. 1 article "Web site gives control, respect to female automobile buyers" presented an interesting perspective on car dealerships' treatment of female customers....
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- He composes movie scores and theme songs, crafts elaborate orchestral arrangements, creates gorgeous melodies, plays rolling R&B; piano and writes savagely funny lyrics. But can he type? Uh, no. Happily pre-digital, Randy Newman's keyboards have 88 black and white ivory planks. He has managed...
Growing up, we were constantly bombarded with the "three Rs"-reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. Now, as an administrator in the corrections management business tasked with staffing America's jails and prisons, I find myself face to face with the "five Rs." We round them up; recruit the best qualified; remediate those that...
They're young, eager and willing to take risks. And, eventually, they'll take over. As the workplace begins to fill with more and more Millennials--generally regarded as those born between 1980 and 2000, also known as Generation Next, Generation Y and the iGeneration--many businesses are having to rethink their...