Answers to executives' tough questions about microsharing in the enterprise.
As the enterprise microsharing market grows all in, I hear from skeptical leaders befuddled by this trend, wanting to be reassured their people aren't ...READ»
The first thing I did when I got my employee ethics manual at my company was to look and see if there was a dating policy. I was new to the area and figured meeting someone at work might be safer than meeting someone at a bar. ...READ»
It's time to review the new set of skills people of all ages require to succeed.
After my son told me recently he couldn't find one of his favorite books and that I should, "order another one online," he climbed into my office ...READ»
There’s something about going out on the town that every Gen-Yer loves. Most of your new Gen-Y hires have just come into the workforce from college, where you can party 24/7. If they have moved to a new city, there is the added ...READ»
A “Do Gooder” has started to look very different among the generations. Contributing to the community might mean writing a hefty check at a charity gala to one employee, while another might consider building houses in Guatemala. ...READ»
I'm a voracious learner. In addition to reading magazines, books, blogs, tweets, and faces, I persistently look for patterns, connections, anomalies and what's new. I tolerated school only because it was where my friends were and ...READ»
Disclaimer: I am a Navy Brat…I have moved LOTS of times…so, I get a sick joy out of packing and unpacking my stuff every three years. Not everyone is like me.
For the rest of the world, a relocation is a big deal. ...READ»
For those of you who have missed my entries, they will be back. Like many Gen-Yers I have moved into another new role (3 in 3 years)...bringing more stories for you!
See you soon!READ»
On a drizzly day in Madison Wisconsin, several hundred of my classmates stood in line on Bascom Hill waiting to audition for bit parts in the Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to School. Although I was nowhere near the set months later, ...READ»
There are moments when young employees realize that no matter what they bring to the table, age will always trump value.
Not to be pessimistic…it is becoming more and more common for age to no longer matter. Hence the ...READ»
We have already looked at abbreviations in communications thanks to texting and instant messenger. The other side to this story is that of the abuse of the language itself. One could say young people today can’t say a sentence ...READ»
Okay so the Spice Girls are nothing if not old pieces of pop culture that 90's kids will look back on and say, "I can't believe we listened to that." Still, for some reason their first hit Wannabe was so played out I hear ...READ»
When the first episodes of 90210 aired in 1990, I was six years old. I watched 90210 until I moved to Japan in 1995. My parents, like many others, assumed 90210 was a pretty good show about high schoolers and family values because ...READ»
There are some things that should not be put in an email in the workplace. But there isn't a course in college that tells you what to do. Gen-Yers have grown up using IM and email constantly. This means a whole language of ...READ»
Thanks to movies and TV shows about the fashionistas in the corporate world, styling has become as important as doing the job itself. Two tiny problems seem to arise when you put young women and labels together in an office setting. ...READ»
In typical generational studies, Gen-Yers appear to be that ungrateful generation expecting to waltz their way to the top in about a quarter of the time it took everyone else. So it begs the question, who do these people think ...READ»
In many discussions with the experts on Generation Y, stories have come up about the mom who called her son's boss because her son got a bad performance review. Seriously? Alas, it is true. Gen-Y may be made up of young adults who ...READ»
When one has the opportunity to start looking at possible career paths, there are many ways to go. Often "who you know" is a pretty good way to get into a company. Sometimes help from a head hunter or placement firm does the ...READ»
I have chosen a much-debated idea for my first blog entry for two reasons: 1) it is an important topic that demands discussion and 2) what better way to start? In my organization, a regional financial services company based in ...READ»
