How do we connect the generations in the workforce? In my interview with The Day Ahead, we discuss generational differences in the workplace and how to best connect the generations. The type of workforce we have today is not something we have seen in our history. Millennials and baby boomers, young and old, all sharing… Read More >>
Overcome Generational Differences
In this podcast segment, I discuss how to overcome generational differences and how generations can get along. We have our differences, but we also have much to learn from each other. Each generation is different, with strengths and weaknesses and if we work together, and fill in the gaps, everything just comes together. The more… Read More >>
Generational Differences Reexamined
Talking about generations… and generational differences! Each generation has been influenced by the major historical events, social trends and cultural phenomena of its time. Therefore, each generation has different values, standards of quality and attitudes toward customers and co-workers. Generational Differences Let’s uncover a few of these generational differences and how reaching tech-savvy Millennials is… Read More >>
Millennial Managers – Challenges Millennials Face in the Workplace
Millennial Managers face many challenges in the workplace today! How are these millennial managers and bosses shape the culture of a company? Is there a guide for successful management? I was recently pulled over by a police officer because I was speeding. It’s embarrassing enough getting a speeding ticket, but imagine my embarrassment when I… Read More >>
Millennials and Money
Let’s discuss Millennials and Money, as well as what help do millennials really wish for when it comes to working in your organizations. Financial stress can cost organizations up to 250 billion. That’s billion with a B! I don’t think I ever learned to count that high. Two hundred and fifty billion dollars in lost… Read More >>
Millennial Boss: How to Give Corrective Feedback to a Baby Boomer
How to Give Corrective Feedback to a Baby Boomer, when you are the Millenial Boss? Yes, a much younger person trying to lecture to an experienced one? I’m talking to my dad, professional speaker Larry Johnson. He is a co-author of the best-selling an absolutely fabulous book ‘Absolute Honesty’. When a Millennial Is Your Boss… Read More >>
The Generation X Management Style – What You Need to Know
Recently a reporter asked me about the Generation X management style – what type of managers are Gen Xers? What is the Generation X Management Style? I thought to myself: “Gen Xers as managers? What? No way! We’re too young to be managers! We can’t be managers! We’re still too new. We’re too young or… Read More >>
Understanding Generations in the Workplace – the Point of No Return
Understanding Generations is not always an easy task! I was honored to be a keynote speaker for the facility management fusion conference in Chicago. While I was attending the conference, I was fortunate enough to see another speaker. Her name is Alexis Thompson and you can find her on her Facebook page titled ‘Trybal Performance’.… Read More >>
Baby Boomers and Technology
Baby Boomers and Technology… Raise your hand if you’re a baby boomer! Not sure? If you were born between 1946 and 1964, then the answer is yes, you are a baby boomer! Your generation is 77 million strong. We had never seen such a boom in the birth rate ‘till we got to the baby… Read More >>
What You Need to Know About Generation X
Generation X… Raise your hand if you are a Gen X’er. These are the people born between 1965 and 1980. I am a Gen X’er. What You Need to Know About Generation X Fun Facts About Generation X In fact, when I first heard this term Generation X, I liked it. I thought it sounded mysterious,… Read More >>
Engage Millennials with Personalization
Customization! That was a big buzzword with baby boomers and Gen Xers. It was about making someone’s experience customized, but now it’s not so much about customization, but personalization. Especially when it comes to the millennial generation. Engage millennials with personalization! Millennials, people born after 1980. They are currently the largest generational section of the… Read More >>
Managing Millennials in the Workplace
When it comes to managing millennials in the workplace, the leaders and managers of the organizations have a responsibility to engage as well. According to a recent study, 60% of the millennial generation wants to be learning something new at work. Also, 64% of the millennials want to feel that their work is valued by their… Read More >>
Managing and Motivating Millennials
What does Managing and Motivating Millennials look like in your workplace? Millenials truly want to make a difference in the workplace and they want to challenge the old ways of thinking. According to a recent survey, the Millenial generation is the largest generation in the workforce. They believe that innovations are being stifled by managements attitude.… Read More >>
Millennial Employee Retention
What does the Millennial Employee Retention mean and what is the strategy to achieve it? What are Millennials looking for when they start their career paths? I’m a professional speaker, generational expert, and generational humorist. I speak to groups, associations, and corporations like yours about the ever-changing generational dynamic that is blowing through our workforce, our corporations… Read More >>
How to Attract and Retain Millennial Employees
How to attract and retain Millennial Employees in your company or organization? Let me show you how… How to Attract and Retain Millennial Employees in the Industry that isn’t Sexy? The insurance industry, medical coding, procurement, manufacturing, construction… What do all these industries have in common? All of them report attracting and retaining millennial employees… Read More >>
Generational Issues in the Workplace
Generational Issues are not uncommon – they happen often. We need to understand what happens, why it happens and what we can do to avoid it. As a professional speaker and generational humorist, I am lucky to hear and witness some incredible generational stories and anecdotes. I am allowed to be a bit of a… Read More >>