5 Ways to Retain Millennial and Gen Z Employees
How Will You Retain Employees? You’re probably already aware that millennials are currently the largest generation in the U.S. workforce. But while many companies have been focusing all their attention on building a millennial-friendly workplace, they may have overlooked the fact that Gen Z is the newest cohort taking the multigenerational workplace by storm—about 17 […]
How to Create Employee Benefits for a Multigenerational Workplace
Companies that view employee benefits as an afterthought are missing an incredible opportunity to build their employer brand and help attract and retain workers of all ages. In fact, a Glassdoor study found that nearly 65 percent of job applicants focus on available benefits nearly as much as salary. And there’s good reason: After all, […]
Remixer of the Month: Reed Smith LLP
As is the case with other traditional industries, many law firms have struggled with the rise of millennials in the workplace. Many of my law firm clients have shared that their long-time practices – such as billable hours, up-or-out career paths and high expectations for 24/7/365 client service – don’t always match the preferences of […]
Communication Styles Across Generations: 5 Ways to Ensure Understanding
Remember when your choices for business communication were to make a phone call, mail a letter or use that dog-eared manila “interoffice” routing envelope? (Who says older generations weren’t into recycling?) As a proud Gen Xer, I sometimes miss the simplicity, but I also have learned to embrace the versatility of the many new communications […]
How to Bridge the Generational Divide: 5 Best Practices to Build Multigenerational Teams
For the first time in history, we now have five generations in the workforce, with employees ranging in age and experience across six decades. How do you manage multigenerational teams with such diversity and possible differences? The good news is that it might be easier than you think, since most generations want essentially the same things […]
How to Lead Across Generations: Putting the Remix Into Practice
In today’s five-generation workforce, it is more important than ever for leaders to become skilled at overseeing employees from a wide variety of backgrounds, identities and workplace expectations. Diversity and inclusion are critical to personal and organizational success. Research shows us again and again that the more diverse the team, the better the outcomes But […]
What Do Multigenerational Employees Want in a Work Environment?
Location, location, location? It turns out the old real estate saying about the three most valuable qualities of a property may not be true for modern workplaces. For employers wanting to attract today’s multigenerational employees, the mantra might now be design, flexibility and light. This discovery comes from the results of Capital One’s 2018 Work […]
Take Best Practices From One Generation and Apply Them to Others
The “Remixer of the Month” is a representative of the concept of The Remix, the topic of my next book, to be published by HarperCollins in Spring 2019. As I define it, to “remix” is to take a best practice of one generation and “mix” it in some way with the best practice of another […]
Remixer of the Month: Marci Alboher and Encore.org
The “Remixer of the Month” is a representative of the concept of The Remix, the topic of my next book, to be published by HarperCollins in Spring 2019. As I define it, to “remix” is to take a best practice of one generation and “mix” it in some way with the best practice of another […]
Remixer of the Month: Tiffany Dufu and The Cru
The “Remixer of the Month” is a representative of the concept of The Remix, the topic of my next book, to be published by HarperCollins in Spring 2019. As I define it, to “remix” is to take a best practice of one generation and “mix” it in some way with the best practice of another […]