Age and generational issues

People under 40 account for 79% of spending on luxury goods and services in China.

Business leaders of previous generations would envy today's low job-hopping rates.

This 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 […]

Midcareer employees and managers, who should be at their peak of productivity, are the most disaffected segment of the workforce. Companies need to find ways to rekindle the fires of this vast, neglected group of people—or risk losing them altogether.

Gender and age trends are redefining the “standard” career trajectory.

A rookie learns the costs of being exceptional.

I wrote a post a few weeks back about whether the current economic climate might lead to a somewhat reduced focus on twittering and friending a la Web...

All the market research said that TF’s NextStage stores couldn’t miss. What went wrong?

To realize the benefits of a generationally diverse workforce, we need to learn how to appreciate our unique preferences, habits, and behaviors.

Put 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, […]

Lately 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 […]

One 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. […]

Workforce Crisis had just been published; my coauthors and I had dedicated the book to our five teenage children. "Hey, Mom! Do you want to hear something...

Research suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance.

"Your old road is rapidly aging," Bob Dylan proclaimed to the powers that be in 1964. "Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand." Recent...

Start by understanding why they might be reluctant to inherit it.

What 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 […]

Think 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 […]

Some of the greatest relationships of our lives start with a cup of coffee.

His resignation is a reminder of how physically and emotionally demanding effective leadership actually is.