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    A quick skim through just a few of the discussions taking place on the HBR Answer Exchange’s live event with Tammy Erickson suggests there’s a whole lot of misunderstanding going on between Generation X managers and their Boomer and Gen Y colleagues and supervisors. Dress codes, goals and expectations, and office politics are all on […]
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  • Judo Management: Making the Most of Generational Traits

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    I spoke with a company recently that had offered a “deceleration” option to older employees – with no takers. Hmm . . . I’ve argued for several years now that one of the keys to retaining Boomers post-“retirement” age is to create career paths that allow people to step back, to do less. Very few […]
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    • February 19, 2008
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    My previous post here highlighted the smart practices that the digital-native Millennials are bringing to the workplace. Here I want to talk about a couple not-so-smart ones. The first is simple oversharing. I wrote before how narrating your work is a very smart strategy because it lets you be helpful to others, and also increases […]
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    Gender and age trends are redefining the “standard” career trajectory.
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  • Is Gen Y Really All That Narcissistic?

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    It’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 […]
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  • Handing the Keys to Gen Y

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    In 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 […]
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  • Thanks, Gen X, for the Conversation

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    This is a big month for me. And since many of you have contributed ideas to the discussion here over the past three years — and I’d like to ask you to join me in a little celebration. The third book in the trilogy I’ve written to the generations is published this month. More than […]
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  • Do You Really Want to Retire?

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    The hotel directed me to the wrong room. I found myself at someone’s retirement party, rather than with the group that was waiting to hear me speak about the changing workforce (including my anticipated recommendations to “retire retirement”). Like a stripper at a bachelor party, my participation there would have posed that key question one […]
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  • Ouch! The Painful Divide Between Generation X and the Boomers

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    The Boomer Century, a recent PBS special (first aired March 28, 2007), set off a torrent of vitriolic commentary. Whether you agree with the critics or...
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  • Our Generation X President's First Year

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    My previous post here highlighted the smart practices that the digital-native Millennials are bringing to the workplace. Here I want to talk about a couple not-so-smart ones. The first is simple oversharing. I wrote before how narrating your work is a very smart strategy because it lets you be helpful to others, and also increases […]
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