If you want to understand how to best motivate your employees, both young and old, it's essential to understand how our ideas about happiness change as we age.READ»
Teens have all but given up blogging, while geezers have quadrupled their presence on social networking sites, according to Pew's new generational study of the Internet.READ»
Sale made. Gift given. Little girl ecstatic. Chalk up another wonderful transaction to social commerce. Is your organization ready for the next buyer?READ»
Within five years, I predict, the word "social" will seem as cliché as "synergy" feels now. Social connection will be like a dial tone, something we once expected to hear and now don't bother listening for as we dial. What it represents is just there.READ»
Being a single Gen-Yer with no concept of work/life balance,I go out to eat alone pretty often. It wasn’t until I started traveling forwork a few years ago that I first battled that awkward “table for one” feeling.I had issues ...READ»
Right now is a crazy time. People are losing their jobs,taking pay cuts, or going part-time. There are those who may still have a job,but it feels like they’re actually doing two jobs…or three. And the pay is thesame or less. ...READ»
Apparentlysexting (orteens sending each other homemade pornographic images using their phones) hasbecome a viral practice. I would like to share something with you:I have been sexted.While I have never sexted, I havegotten the ...READ»
A few months ago I decided to move for my job. In the corporateworld, this is known as a Relocation.Say it with my now, “Re-lo-ca-tion.”I did thisfor a few reasons:· I wanted to get into our Marketing ...READ»
Admit it, as part of the over-achieving, multi-taskinggeneration, you have some semblance of a life plan. You may not have fleshedout the details or timelines, but you probably have an idea of some of thebiggies you’d like to get ...READ»
Last week, a number of regional leaders were in our corporate office for a meeting. I just happened to be walking by when they were getting a tour, and it was like a family reunion. I’ve done some kind of work with all of them, ...READ»
If someone asked me what I wanted to do in five years, I would say, “I have no clue.” That’s because I’ve switched roles every year for the past three years. My current boss probably has the 10-month mark on her calendar as ...READ»
If you have flexibility in your personal life, this is a good time to volunteer for work projects. Sure, your day may already be super-packed, but volunteer anyways.
While it may seem like taking on extra work, the value is going to ...READ»
It has been a couple of months since an incident I experienced in the workplace, and I feel that it’s been long enough that I can finally write about it. This incident, in the grand scheme of things, might not seem like much when ...READ»
This might not actually sound like that big of a deal. Lots of people like holidays. Lots of people hate them, too.
The funny thing about loving holidays is that it could be considered immature to get excited about Valentine’s ...READ»
So last fall, the world expected to see Gen-Y change the nation by showing up to vote. I even made sure to have filed for my Minnesota drivers license a couple days beforehand just to be sure. Apparently, Gen-Yers are all about the ...READ»
I might be a little behind the times here...I'm a Verizon customer...but I just found out that the iPhone doesn't allow for multitasking. Meaning if you want to stream radio and play games at the same time, it's not possible. At least ...READ»
Asking Why. Anyone who has kids, knows kids, or has watched TV about kids, knows what I’m talking about. I am like that four-year-old who doesn’t stop asking “Why?”
It’s not that I want to be annoying, and I usually do ...READ»
