Gen X

Coming Soon to Your Business: A Leadership Crisis

Worried about your next generation of leaders? You’re not alone. According to a new survey about leadership skills from Pearson and Executive Development Associates Inc. (EDA), 57…

Wor-Wic Adds Social Media, Facebook, and Managing Generations to Fall Schedule | Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization

If you live on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, you’ll want to register today for these new courses just added to the fall schedule at Wor-Wic Community…

Are Baby Boomers overstaying their welcome as guests in the workplace?

Baby Boomer retirement – It’s like waiting for a table in a busy restaurant when the guests at the table you want have finished their dessert and paid the bill…

Boomers Beware: Don’t Drink the Hater-ade

It’s Baby Boomer managers like Baron who will keep me writing, speaking, and training for years to come. Gen X and Gen Y aren’t the ones with bad…

Forget Skilled Workers, Manager Shortage is Looming

people qualified to become managers were opting out, for reasons including increased stress, handling disgruntled employees, increased paperwork, and having to lay off or fire employees…

The immortalists – The Boston Globe

In my new book (Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization – September 2009 release), I devoted a chapter to Gen X Hits Gray Ceiling. (I previously wrote an article under the…

Generation differences at widest gap since 1969

From cell phones and texting to religion and manners, almost 8 in 10 people believe there is a major difference in the point of view of younger and older Americans…

More than half of employed Americans likely to jump ship

Not a day goes by that the media doesn't report some doomsday scenario about the economy. To survive the recession and avoid further disruptions, management keeps its sights…

When did baby boomers get so old?

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just…

The Dumbest Generation?

The generation that is most comfortable with digital technology, which gives them unprecedented access to all of the world’s knowledge, knows less than the previous generation that lacked…