Demographic changes will affect recruitment in coming years The American labor force is getting older and will get smaller. Already, one in three American … Read more
Migrating Knowledge Across Generations: A Talent Challenge and Opportunity
2015 was a pivotal year in the U.S. workforce. In 2015, there was an equivalent number of workers (approximately 50 million) in each of the Baby Boomer, … Read more
Gen Xers: Skills, Strengths, and Shortcomings
Fair or not, most Gen Xers see themselves as the older, responsible child doing dishes and taking out the trash while the baby boomers and millennials … Read more
It’s Official: Millennials Are Now The Largest Part Of The U.S. Workforce
Editor’s Note: It’s a TLNT holiday tradition to count down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 3 of 2015. Our regular content will return next … Read more
Respect Is the Key to Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce
Half (50 percent) of the world’s population is now under 30 years old, and those born between 1980 and 2000 will soon make up the largest segment of the … Read more
Take It From Taylor Swift: It’s High Time to End the Millennial Bashing
Taylor Swift doesn’t care if you think she’s part of the “Me” generation. She flew in the face of all of our careful quantitative analyses of the so-called … Read more
HR’s Important Role in Defining Employee Engagement
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion around the topic of workplace engagement. Most notably, an expose of Amazon in The New York Times highlighted … Read more
Employee Entitlement: It’s More Than Just a Generational Issue
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. If you are a person who enjoys peace and … Read more
New Survey Raises Key Question: Should You Care About Employee Happiness?
Universum has just published another fascinating survey analysis that should be required reading for any leader wondering about the engagement of their … Read more
Gullible Millennials Will Trust Whatever You Tell Them About Your Organization
I’m a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell, and he recently said some things to say at a data analytics conference in Seattle. Gladwell had a number of points, but … Read more