Move over Millennials – you are no longer the singular topic of conversation in the workplace. Gen Z is rapidly joining the workforce, with the oldest members of the generation being 23 years-old. (Demographers typically use birth years between 1995 and 2005.) By 2020, Gen Zers will comprise 36 percent...
In addition to rising populations, so too is the average life expectancy. The official list can be found here, with Japan, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia and Spain rounding out the top five at an average of 83 years old. While this is positive data, many employers underestimate the struggle that employees...
In my frustration about the fact that so few people return messages nowadays, as I was raised that it’s rude to ignore people, I turned to the internet to get some answers. I landed on an article in Psychology Today, which pinpointed three key reasons why people ignore messages:
When the concept of open office space emerged, I thought it was a bad idea. I saw no value in stripping people of their privacy and making them sit in large open spaces, akin to placing a herd of cattle in a pen. However, I remained open, awaiting the...
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the saturation of smartphones in rich countries, along with increasing prices, and only incremental improvements, have meant plummeting sales of the devices. Although half of the world’s population has a smartphone, increasing concerns about smartphone addiction are driving device makers to develop the...
Want your kid to be the next Jack Welch or Nancy Pelosi? According to a study by Kelton Research, you should get them a pet. A whopping 93 percent of C-suite executives grew up with a pet, according to the research, and 78 percent of executives attribute their success...
In November every year, Americans gather for Thanksgiving, a family ritual where everyone eats, watches U.S. football, and speaks about what they are grateful for. These gatherings can be quite large, so the adults sit at the dining room table and the children sit at a card table that...
GM stunned workers recently when it announced it would cut roughly 14,000 jobs and idle five factories in North America, including the Lordstown, OH, plant, which employs 1,600 workers. This assembly plant, which opened 52 years ago, is the core of this blue-collar town. GM is idling plants to...
Brigette Hyacinth, author of The Future of Leadership: Rise of Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, rightly claims that, “People don't leave bad jobs. They leave bad bosses. More often than not, it’s not because they are underpaid, rather it’s because they feel undervalued and unappreciated.”
According to Gallup, only 27% of employees believe in their company’s values. Needless to say, I was alarmed when I read this statistic since values define an organization’s culture. They describe who you are, what you believe in, and the attributes that everyone should “sense” when they interact with...