Leadership at mighty Volkswagen was embarrassed this past week when the company was caught cheating. The ensuing scandal has forced CEO Martin Winterkorn to resign. To enable its Diesel automobiles to pass rigid U.S. emission control standards without losing any noticeable power, the company has, for years, installed special software to get around the inspection system.… Read More >>
NINE STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING GENERATION GAPLESS
By Meagan Johnson and her dad Larry Johnson Adapted from their book, Generations, Inc.-From Boomers To Linksters: Managing the Friction Between Generations At Work According to one study, today’s college kids communicate with their parents an average of 13 times a week, which includes phone calls, emails, text messages, and Skype. We call this crop of… Read More >>
What Generation “Y” Hates About Working For YOU
by Meagan Johnson. CSP Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, are those twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings that often baffle us, their Gen Xer and Baby Boomer managers. Their biggest complaint about us? “YOU DON’T TRUST US.” Generation Y has not only grown up with technology, they are the in-house experts. We ask them their… Read More >>
Meet the Linksters – the post Gen-Y generation
By my daughter Meagan Johnson Businesses today are well aware of the importance of attracting Generation X and Y consumers to develop a younger clientele that will fuel growth into the future. There is another prime target market on the horizon that will soon populate your customer base and employee roster: the Linksters. No, “Linkster”… Read More >>
The Linkster Generation
By Meagan Johnson and Larry Johnson We call the generation born after 1994 as Generation Linkster, so called because no other generation has ever been so linked to each other and to the world through technology. They are currently in their teens and preteens. There are approximately 20 million Linksters in the United States and… Read More >>
The Joys of Managing Generation Y
By Meagan Johnson and Larry Johnson Adapted from their book: Generations Inc. – From Boomers To Linksters, Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work. (AMACOM Books, 2010) Steve is a Gen Xer who manages an office supply store and supervises a group of 10 Gen Yers. Steve was just visited by the parents of one… Read More >>
GET A JOB! Nine things every college graduate should know to find a job in 2010
Meagan and I were speaking about our new book, Generations Inc. – From Boomers To Linksters, Managing the Friction Between Generations At Work at Gannon University in Erie, PA recently when a student asked us about the daunting job market she was facing when she graduates this year. It inspired Meagan to write an article… Read More >>