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Is Gen Y Really All That Narcissistic?
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleIt’s popular today to point out that Gen Ys as children often received trophies for simple participation and extensive praise for just about any idea. Detractors criticize Y’s (individuals born between 1980 and 2000) as products of a misguided movement in parenting and education designed to buffer children from the negative effects of competition and […] -
Should Older CEOs Be Forced to Retire?
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Truths for Our Daughters
Career planning Digital ArticleWhat a female executive wishes someone had told her earlier. -
How Companies Can Meet the Needs of a Changing Workforce
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleGender and age trends are redefining the “standard” career trajectory. -
Ys Just Wanna Have Fun (and Flexibility)
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIf today's workplace had an anthem, it might very well be the British indie duo Ting Tings' new song with its refrain "Clap your hands if you're working... -
Mentoring Millennials
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe makeup of the global workforce is about to undergo a seismic shift. In four years, Millennials-the people born between 1977 and 1997-will account... -
Don’t Shield Young Leaders from Hard Truths
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleSo you’ve found the leadership at the bottom of the corporate pyramid – those smart hidden gems with the iPod earplugs peeping discreetly through carefully careless hairstyles: Generation Y, the young Millenials termed by Fortune as potentially most high-performing generation in history. A generation that is entering the workplace with more information, greater technological skill, […] -
Whose Rules Will You Work By?
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleThe hot book when I graduated from business school was Dress for Success, a compendium of the rules for proper appearance in the corporate world, by John T. Molloy. Millions of us devoured it. We were eager to gain every possible competitive advantage. To this day, I have never worn a brown suit in Boston. […] -
Three Ways to Overcome Career Anxiety
Stress management Digital ArticleAt a recent dinner party, I was speaking with a friend who had just been promoted to vice president at a well-known New York hedge fund. The promotion was unexpected, involved an immediate 50% pay raise, and came with broad new responsibilities. When he should have been feeling optimistic and excited about his new position, […] -
7 Principles to Attract and Retain Older Frontline Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTakeaways from interviews and a survey of 35,000 older U.S. employees. -
You're Likely to Live Longer If You Retire After 65
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleResearchers who examined data from a longitudinal study of Americans age 50 and older have found that mortality rates for people who retired at 66 were... -
Finally, Gen X Takes Over
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleWhat if you swapped all the roles of all the people on your team? Put people into leadership roles who hadn’t yet had an opportunity to implement their ideas? Asked former leaders to play support roles, contributing their expertise, but within a new framework, established by others? Brought in people who had never been included […] -
More on "Working Together"
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEditor's Note: Tammy Erickson wrote the following as a response to a comment on her Working Together post. We feel her response is worth a post of its... -
Moving a Family Business Beyond the Founder’s Vision
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleHow the next generation can embrace the future — while respecting the past. -
Holding Out for the Ideal Job
Career planning Digital ArticleI had just finished making a speech about choice – about the importance of finding work that you can feel excited about – when one of the audience members shared this story. Her soon-to-be college graduate son is in the job market. With a background in accounting, he is finding the job market pretty attractive […] -
Handing the Keys to Gen Y
Motivating people Magazine ArticleIn recent years, many have focused on the challenges of Gen Y, the latest generation of workers to arrive in and begin to reshape the workplace. For me, they aren’t of merely academic interest. I live in a country where Gen Y represents nearly 40% of the population. I work in a company where the […] -
Your Employees Are More Loyal Than You Think
Global Business Digital ArticleBusiness leaders of previous generations would envy today's low job-hopping rates. -
Your Focus: Successful Children or Being a Successful Parent?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOf course there's no absolute either/or here, but there's a shift underway that matters to business. Boomers' focus was (and remains) on insuring that... -
Our Generation X President’s First Year
Government Digital ArticlePresident Obama is arguably the United States’ first President who is a member of Generation X. (I say “arguably” since the boundary line between Boomers and X’ers is subject to debate. Born in 1961, in my view, he’s the vanguard of the next generation leaders.) While I don’t believe any individual is poster child for […] -
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleMany companies consider age a competitive disadvantage. Here’s why they’re wrong.
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De Agostini: Repurposing the Business & the Family
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details MILAN (ITALY), SEPTEMBER 2018. The Strategic Lab at De Agostini, part strategic think-tank and part assessment tool for the next-generation talent of... -
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... -
Assessing Hong Kong's Human Resources in Its Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy: Can Gen Ys Fill the Gap?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The case examines two major transitions currently taking place in Hong Kong-the transformation into a knowledge-based economy (KBE) and the replacement... -
Finding Work That's Right for You: Tools from "Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving At Work"
As Gen Y's enter the work world, they face a series of deeply personal choices-about their preferred lifestyle and location, about money and contribution,... -
Lee Kum Kee: Female Succession in Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Elizabeth Mok was the second born and the only daughter in the fourth generation of the Lee family. She was also the only one of five siblings who did... -
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... -
Multigenerational Workplace: Tools for Preparing Your Team for the Future
Management BookSeize the benefits of the five-generation workforce. Generational distrust and ageism are seeping into organizations worldwide. Differences over communication... -
The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World
Management Book32.00View Details A first-of-its-kind look at the outrage being directed at organizations across the globe--and how leaders can respond to it. Outrage is everywhere--on... -
Congratulations Melissa, the Job Is Yours. But ... (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W20642 In part A of the case, Melissa Law was offered a position as a human resources operations manager only a few weeks after completing... -
From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case describes how Robert Fadel, as CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon's leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family... -
Mariwala's Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case discusses the leadership succession dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, CEO of Marico Limited, a fast-moving consumer goods company. Harsh wishes... -
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.... -
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... -
Advising Families on Estate Planning
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley,... -
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook Toolkit
Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
Governance Transition at Anadolu Group
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Kamil Yazici and Izzet Ozilhan founded and built Anadolu Group Holding; a family business that grew into a multi-billion-dollar regional powerhouse. For... -
Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders
26.95View Details Geeks and Geezers is a book that will forever change how we view not just leadership--but the very way we learn and ultimately live our lives. It presents... -
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... -
Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World
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... -
The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (B): The Conversation With Rocio
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES691. Through a simulated conversation among four participants in the MACH program, issues covered include the hiring process, the...
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CEO Spotlight: Staying Relevant in an Age of Transformation
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIn a wide-ranging interview, the CEO of Estée Lauder Companies explains how he took the company from a market cap of $6 billion to $35 billion. He describes... -
Is Gen Y Really All That Narcissistic?
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleIt’s popular today to point out that Gen Ys as children often received trophies for simple participation and extensive praise for just about any idea. Detractors criticize Y’s (individuals born between 1980 and 2000) as products of a misguided movement in parenting and education designed to buffer children from the negative effects of competition and […] -
De Agostini: Repurposing the Business & the Family
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details MILAN (ITALY), SEPTEMBER 2018. The Strategic Lab at De Agostini, part strategic think-tank and part assessment tool for the next-generation talent of... -
Should Older CEOs Be Forced to Retire?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAn examination of youth versus experience. -
Thought Leader Interview: Mauro Guillen
Management Digital ArticleAge really is just a number! In a wide-ranging interview, the Wharton School's Vice Dean argues that there is nothing naturally preordained about what... -
Truths for Our Daughters
Career planning Digital ArticleWhat a female executive wishes someone had told her earlier. -
How Companies Can Meet the Needs of a Changing Workforce
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleGender and age trends are redefining the “standard” career trajectory. -
Ys Just Wanna Have Fun (and Flexibility)
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIf today's workplace had an anthem, it might very well be the British indie duo Ting Tings' new song with its refrain "Clap your hands if you're working... -
Mentoring Millennials
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe makeup of the global workforce is about to undergo a seismic shift. In four years, Millennials-the people born between 1977 and 1997-will account... -
Don’t Shield Young Leaders from Hard Truths
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleSo you’ve found the leadership at the bottom of the corporate pyramid – those smart hidden gems with the iPod earplugs peeping discreetly through carefully careless hairstyles: Generation Y, the young Millenials termed by Fortune as potentially most high-performing generation in history. A generation that is entering the workplace with more information, greater technological skill, […]