How to make work fun for your employees? After all, there should be fun in the hard stuff we do each and every day, right? In 1968 a television producer asked herself a generational ‘point-of-no-return’ question. That question was: “What if we took learning for children and we made learning tastes more like ice cream than… 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 >>
Mentoring Millennials – What Does Mentoring Mean to Millennials
Mentoring Millennials should be a part of every organization, especially if you want to retain your millennial employees! Here is why: According to Deloitte study, 64% of millennials plan to see their current job in their ‘rearview mirror’ by the year 2020. What does that mean? It means that in less than two years 64% of… 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 >>
Make Way – The New Generation Z is here!
Generation Z, iGen, Those Darn Kids. Whatever you call them, Generation Z – the youngest generation is changing the rules, challenging our boundaries and recreating a generationally cohesive workforce! My first job in high school was working at a grim bagel shop called the Bagel Baker. This was pre-Starbucks, where being a barista has an… Read More >>
Leading Millennials – What can you do today to lead Millennials?
How do I know what Leading Millennials look like? I am not a Millennial … not me. I am a Gen Xer. (Gen Xers also known as Generation X are people born between 1965-1980.) My generation is the smallest generation. We are the “middle child” in the generational lineup. If this were the 1970’s hit… Read More >>
Transparency in Leadership – Have You Failed To Be Transparent?
Have You Failed To Be Transparent and you can’t see where you are going? In today’s day and age, transparency in leadership is a MUST! Transparency in any business… Recently my husband and I went to one of our favorite neighborhood bistros. One of the primary reasons my husband & I choose this particular place… Read More >>
Top 3 Things Generation Y Dislike About Working at Your Medical Practice
Go Ahead and Fire Me! I am sure there are things Generation Y dislike in life as well, but the top 3 things Generation Y dislike about working at your medical practice are pretty clear to me… The face of healthcare is changing. From healthcare reform to patient-focused care, the experiences patients have at a… Read More >>