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5 Tips To Retaining Star Gen Y Talent

Gen Y is always on the go, so how can your company retain these young and talented team members? Use these 5 tips to avoid turnover and motivate your top Millennial employees.READ MORE

The Entrepreneurial Renaissance And The Rise Of The Independent Workforce

Before large multi-national corporations, big box retailers, and fast food franchises, the U.S. economy was powered by entrepreneurs and small business owner--an observation Alex de Toqueville noted in his 1835 book "Democracy in America."READ MORE

Move Over Creative Class, the Collaborative Class Is Here

6 short years ago, Richard Florida made waves with his national best seller "The Rise of the Creative Class" which examined the growing role creativity was playing in our society. 6 short years later, creativity has become almost commonplace taking a back seat to a movement towards a "Collaborative Class."READ MORE

Pay-As-You-Go 4G Hotspot and Adapter Maker Begs Teens to "Stick It In"

Everything about Clearwire's new mobile hotspot and its USB adapter are well conceived--except their marketing slogans. READ MORE

Boomer Retirement Brings New Opportunities, Creating Stronger Future

Larry Forster is featured as an expert on collaboration in my latest book, Getting Change Right. Below is an interview he conducted with me about Boomer retirement. Larry just completed a 27-year career with Shell where he was a ...READ MORE

Gen Y Wants Sustainability Front and Center in Their Sleek, Modern Workplaces

Want to keep the Gen Y'ers in your office happy? Make sure that you embrace sustainability in a very public way. A new report from Johnson Controls tells us that 18- to 25 year-olds want evidence that their employers are going ...READ MORE

Legal Debates Aside, Companies Should Pay Interns

The debate over the legality of unpaid internships is heating up. On one hand, you have companies claiming they don't have the budget to pay for an intern and that the students are "compensated" from the chance to gain real-world work ...READ MORE

Welcome Generation Alpha

The birth of a baby prompts Marketing consultant Jim Perry to wonder about the corporate world's role in shaping the future for a new demographic cohort.READ MORE

Gen Y is more positive than other generations

Generation Y entrepreneurs are more positive, are more likely to hire and most likely to implement employee-friendly practices to battle the recession than Gen X or Baby Boomer small business owners. READ MORE

Working with Millennials

Thought some of you would enjoy an article about Generation Y I was featured in... http://www.demodirt.com/index.php/generation-y/corporate-culture/321-we-r-coming-2-workREAD MORE

Gen Y Entrepreneurs Transform Work, Life, and Business--Interview with Upstarts! Author, Donna Fenn

Striking out on your own, either voluntarily or involuntarily, is becoming a more common experience along an increasingly flexible career path.  And, it turns out entrepreneurship is especially appealing for members of ...READ MORE

How companies can relate to Gen Y.

Here is a blog post on how to relate to Gen Y. http://www.huddleproductions.com/?p=268READ MORE

Brazen Careerist Launch: Twitter meets Facebook meets LinkedIn meets Gen Y…and it’s about time.

The folks at Brazen Careerist realize college students and young professionals aren’t always able to pull from years of previous work experience when marketing themselves to potential employers. And that often puts them at a ...READ MORE

Using CSR to Motivate Gen Y and Boomer Employees

Boomers and Gen Y, the largest cohorts in the workplace, both want to “contribute to society through their labor,” according to a new article in Harvard Business Review by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Laura Sherbin, and Karen Sumberg, of ...READ MORE

The Generation That Couldn't Think Straight?

William Zinsser sounds the alarm that something is seriously wrong with the Gen Yers and MillenialsREAD MORE

Millennials Rising: A Recession Road Map for Gen Y

Inheriting the earth may not seem like such a great deal to Generation Y.  Frankly, the place is a mess. But with big problems come big opportunities. And if you 80 million Millennials populating these united states can get your acts ...READ MORE

Abusing Social Media

How companies abuse tech's latest tools and embarrass themselves.READ MORE

Businesses Struggle to Deliver What Gen Y Wants

I recently came across the following article concerning the hiring of Millennials, or Generation Y. It is one of an increasing number of write-ups underscoring the recruiting imperative facing businesses hoping to attract the best ...READ MORE