by Larry Johnson and Meagan Johnson In the last issue of “Tips For Today’s Managers,” we discussed how the attitudes and behaviors of each generation are profoundly influenced by the personal and generational signposts its members encountered in their pasts. We then described how you can better manage the Traditional Generation by recognizing and celebrating […]
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Keeping New Millennials Happy, Motivated and Here
by Meagan Johnson, CSP and her dad, Larry Johnson, CSP After the last issue of this e-zine, where we discussed the New Millennial Generation (those born after 1980) we received several requests to expand the discussion. So here are some thoughts: According to a recent survey sponsored by Pepsico,1 New Millennials are the most upbeat […]
Taking Difficult Conversations “Seriously”
by Larry Johnson In his classic business book, “Up The Organization,” Avis CEO Robert Townsend described how he toured all the Avis offices where he asked employees what they thought he should do to turn around the company, which at the time was struggling. He noticed that no matter what the quality of their suggestions […]
Develop Your Young Managers, Japanese Style
by Larry Johnson Assigning a sempai (mentor) to a kohai (mentoree) is a common practice among Japanese companies. A promising young manager, the kohai, is assigned to an older, more experienced manager, the sempai. The sempai is usually outside the kohai’s chain of command and functions much like a “godfather” to him or her. In […]
Create A Gen X Paradise
by Meagan Johnson Genentech is the penultimate Generation X company. It was founded by DNA expert Dr. Herb Boyer and venture capitalist Bob Swanson one night in a bar in 1976. The two men sketched out their dream of a futuristic biotech company on the back of an envelope. Genentech now boasts 11,000 employees and […]