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How to Manage a Multi-Generational Team
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTo realize the benefits of a generationally diverse workforce, we need to learn how to appreciate our unique preferences, habits, and behaviors. -
When Your Manager Is Afraid of You
Managing yourself Digital ArticleA rookie learns the costs of being exceptional. -
Next-Gen Retirement
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWith longevity increasing and thousands of Baby Boomers turning 65 every day, the face of retirement is changing. Interviews with executives and managers... -
What The Devil Wears Prada Can Tell You About Your Gen Y Employees
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI hope I'm not giving away any major secret here. I'm taking a gamble that any of you who plan to see the movie or read the book The Devil Wear Prada... -
Post-Financial Crisis, a New Generation's Views on Money
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIn 2008, adult conversations shifted. After nearly a decade of headlines on terrorism and the resultant wars, suddenly signs of financial trouble demanded... -
The Biggest Hurdles Recent Graduates Face Entering the Workforce
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleFeedback, accountability, and relationships, according to 54 interviews. -
To Retire or Not to Retire? That’s the 2008 Question
Career planning Digital ArticleThis year is a demographic watershed, a critical juncture for both individuals and employers. This is the year the first Boomers are officially eligible to retire. Whether you as an individual should retire when your time comes and whether, as a corporate leader, should fight to hold on to the Boomers in your midst are […] -
Russia's Business Future Lies With the Boys (and Girls) in Batman T-Shirts
Global Business Digital ArticleThe state of Russia's economy. -
Do Employees Like What You Have to Offer?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMatt Jastram raised an important question in a post several months ago that I've been looking forward to discussing further: "I wonder how to integrate... -
How Mobile Technologies Are Shaping a New Generation
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe cohort I like to call the "Re-Generation" began to take shape around 2008. Individuals at the formative ages of 11 to 13, those born after about 1995,... -
Mentorship Is Not a One-Way Street
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleReverse mentorship is when younger or early career employees share their skills with their more seasoned colleagues. -
On the “Battle for Talent” and the Power of “Humbition”
Talent management Digital ArticlePut aside the dire headlines about falling stock markets, rising risks of recession, and overall economic anxiety. If you’re young, smart, and even reasonably well-connected, these are great times to be working on your career. We are in a seller’s market for “human capital.” Well-known technology companies are battling fiercely to recruit newly minted programmers, […] -
Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity
Age and generational issues Big IdeaGenerational identity should be a source of learning, not division. -
What Does “Work” Mean to You?
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleLately I’ve been listening closely to how people use the word “work.” I’ve noticed something . . .and formed a hypothesis that I’d like to test with you. The dictionary provides a number of alternate definitions and meanings for the word. Here are some of them: work [wurk] 1. exertion or effort directed to produce […] -
Why Y’s Will Vote
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleOne of the unknowns hanging over the outcome of the U.S. presidential race is whether young people will actually participate in the election. Many members of Generation Y have expressed support for Barack Obama – but will they vote? It is reasonable to worry – turnout among young voters declined throughout the 1980s and 1990s. […] -
Solving Gen Y’s Passion Problem
Motivating people Digital ArticleSkills first, love later. -
How Generation Ys View Boomers… and How Boomers Look Back
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleWhat are they thinking? Despite the hype around older employees being frustrated by new entrants to the workforce and vice versa, our research points to lots of mutual respect. Here are some quotes from members of Generation Y, those under 28 today, speaking about Boomer colleagues in the workplace. • I enjoy working with people […] -
The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010
Social media Digital ArticleThink about your organization and ask yourself these two questions: Are external social media sites restricted or blocked while at work? Is the use of social media in the workplace inhibited or frowned upon? If you answered yes, then your organization is one of the majority of firms with over 100 employees that have yet […] -
3D Printing Is Changing the Way We Think
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCheaper printers are bringing it outside R&D departments. -
Leadership's New Direction
Communication Digital ArticleOn April 6, 2009, as the world was reeling from the impact of the global financial crisis, the Guardian ran a feature titled "Academies of the Apocalypse?"...
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Mariwala's Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This case discusses the dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, the business leader who relinquished the CEO position of Marico Limited, his family-owned fast-moving... -
Is This for Me? Career Decision Making in a Family Business
Communication Case Study11.95View Details The members of the second generation of the Nguyen family have begun to enter the business. Each has entered at different times and for diverse reasons.... -
Design Thinking at Trenton State College: Designing a Faculty Retirement Experience
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This document is one of three available case-based simulations used as the basis for a multisession course on design thinking. The course emphasizes deep... -
Stage (Not Age): How to Understand and Serve People Over 60--the Fastest Growing, Most Dynamic Market in the World
30.00View Details The $22 trillion opportunity that can be unlocked only if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty. In the time it takes you... -
Japan: Deficits, Demography, and Deflation
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details By 2005, Japan's debt had risen to 163% of GDP. For more than a decade, the government had run huge deficits, trying unsuccessfully to stimulate economic... -
The Wealthfront Generation
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case features Wealthfront, a Palo Alto California-based financial technology startup. Wealthfront created a fully-automated, low-cost online investment... -
A Popular HR Chief Burned to Death: People Management Dynamics at the Indian Subsidiary of Suzuki Ltd
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case in intended to be used for MBA and executive education classes. It deals with (mis) handling by the Indian auto major issues such as new-generation... -
The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (A): A Generation Among Other Generations
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case opened with the departure of Rocío, one of the people Microsoft was counting on to develop the company's immediate future. Ana, the Director... -
Multigenerational Workplace: Tools for Preparing Your Team for the Future
Management Book99.95View Details Seize the benefits of the five-generation workforce. Generational distrust and ageism are seeping into organizations worldwide. Differences over communication... -
Congratulations Melissa, the Job Is Yours. But ... (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In part A of the case, Melissa Law was offered a position as a human resources operations manager only a few weeks after completing her final course in... -
Monmouth Rubber & Plastics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details John Bonforte, the owner and president of Monmouth Rubber & Plastics, a small private rubber manufacturing company in Long Branch, New Jersey, needed... -
Land O'Lakes: The Search for Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This document is one of three available case-based simulations used as the basis for a multisession course on design thinking. The course emphasizes deep... -
Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World
28.00View Details Kids deserve a better digital future. Help them create it. When it comes to raising children in a digital world, every parent feels underprepared and... -
French Pension System: On the Verge of Retirement? (Abridged)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers.... -
The Citibank India Story: Nurturing Global Leaders
Communication Case Study11.95View Details It is August 2014, and the Citibank conference on leadership and development has just concluded. Immediately after, Sara Roberts, Talent Head of Citigroup... -
Multigenerational Workplace: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details Seize the benefits of the five-generation workforce. Generational distrust and ageism are seeping into organizations worldwide. Differences over communication... -
Care Economy in the U.S. (Primer)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case describes how caregiving responsibilities influence American employees, firms, and the broader economy. It details how sociodemographic trends... -
Shirley Dong at Schneider Electric: A Female Technical Leader's Career at a Crossroads
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case depicts the critical decisions Xingli Dong (Shirley) made during her career transition from a female Ph. D. in engineering to Energy Automation... -
Ensuring Your Family's Future: The Alagil Family Office
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its... -
From Beirut With Love (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon's leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business....
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How to Manage a Multi-Generational Team
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTo realize the benefits of a generationally diverse workforce, we need to learn how to appreciate our unique preferences, habits, and behaviors. -
When Your Manager Is Afraid of You
Managing yourself Digital ArticleA rookie learns the costs of being exceptional. -
Next-Gen Retirement
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWith longevity increasing and thousands of Baby Boomers turning 65 every day, the face of retirement is changing. Interviews with executives and managers... -
What The Devil Wears Prada Can Tell You About Your Gen Y Employees
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI hope I'm not giving away any major secret here. I'm taking a gamble that any of you who plan to see the movie or read the book The Devil Wear Prada... -
Post-Financial Crisis, a New Generation's Views on Money
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIn 2008, adult conversations shifted. After nearly a decade of headlines on terrorism and the resultant wars, suddenly signs of financial trouble demanded... -
The Biggest Hurdles Recent Graduates Face Entering the Workforce
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleFeedback, accountability, and relationships, according to 54 interviews. -
To Retire or Not to Retire? That’s the 2008 Question
Career planning Digital ArticleThis year is a demographic watershed, a critical juncture for both individuals and employers. This is the year the first Boomers are officially eligible to retire. Whether you as an individual should retire when your time comes and whether, as a corporate leader, should fight to hold on to the Boomers in your midst are […] -
Russia's Business Future Lies With the Boys (and Girls) in Batman T-Shirts
Global Business Digital ArticleThe state of Russia's economy. -
Do Employees Like What You Have to Offer?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMatt Jastram raised an important question in a post several months ago that I've been looking forward to discussing further: "I wonder how to integrate... -
How Mobile Technologies Are Shaping a New Generation
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe cohort I like to call the "Re-Generation" began to take shape around 2008. Individuals at the formative ages of 11 to 13, those born after about 1995,...