In the Fall of 2016, Fidelity Investments launched an ad campaign about retirement planning using “A Message to You, Rudy” by The Specials for the music. I remember, because when
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GenX Management In Action: Giving Feedback
Giving feedback can be one of the most daunting parts of any supervisor’s job. It’s also the most important. Good leaders know that it’s their responsibility to get the very
Continue readingWork/Life Balance is a Myth. Blame Generation X.
Can we all agree that in 2017 work/life balance is not a thing? Let me clarify. The idea of work/life balance is a thing. In fact it’s such a thing
Continue readingLeading those who led us: GenX managers and Baby Boomer employees
I was 29 when I landed my first director-level position. I had been at my previous employer since I graduated college and now was in a new organization in an
Continue readingNext man up: Generation Z will save the world but probably kill television.
If you are tired of society’s obsession with Millennials (no more so than Millennials themselves, I assure you), then Generation Z is here to rescue you. Born between 1996 and
Continue readingThe Open Office Concept is Dead. Thank a Millennial.
I began my career as a technical writer for a software company at the end of the 1990’s. This was right before the dot com bubble burst, and everyone was
Continue readingSomething To Believe In: Employee Engagement Across the Generations
Some facts and figures for your consideration: 33% of Americans are actively engaged at work 16% are actively disengaged, ergo 51% of employees are not engaged at work, and haven’t
Continue readingPragmatic Leadership and Generation X
Womp Womp. For those of you who are familiar with Saturday Night Live’s* “Debbie Downer” character, you know “womp womp” is the sound that’s made after Debbie says something to totally
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