Managing Gen-Connect
Everyone is talking about Gen-Y. I've come to call the next generation, Gen-Connect. Their attitudes towards careers, which is very unique, is caught in this video clip…
Human Capital · The Future of Work
"....the concept of nine-to-five will have just absolutely disappeared...."
At this point, I've been working at home for close to eighteen years. When you've been doing it that long, and you've built up a thriving global business, you gain some…
Change · Human Capital
10 Unique Characteristics of 21st Century Skills
There's been a lot of talk about the skills crisis lately. Most of it is focused on the wrong thing -- people seem most worried by the fact that a lot of baby boomers…
Human Capital · Innovation
Hyper-boomers, Gen-Connect and Manure Managers
One of the most pressing challenges yet to come will be the massive workplace and skills issues that organizations are going to have to manage -- a widely age-diverse…
Human Capital · Keynotes & Events
The end of 9-5?
I don't think the current corporate structure will last 20 years; it might be difficult to see it lasting even 10 years. In the meantime, companies are trying all kinds…
Human Capital · Media & Press
What's your skills capital?
Today I provide the opening keynote for the annual Monster Government Solutions Human Capital Management conference for government HR folks in Washington, DC. I'll be…
Human Capital · Innovation
Keynote - The skills crisis
Some months back, I wrote in a column that "one of the most challenging issues that you will face through the next decade will be an increasing inability to access the…
Human Capital · Keynotes & Events
New article - Gen-Y and the workforce
"One of the more challenging issues that organizations will have to deal with in the next few years is how to successfully integrate "Gen-Y" into the workforce…
Human Capital · Media & Press
New article - "The commodization of human capital"
In my latest association column, I note that "With the political storm now raging around outsourcing and "off-shoring," one fact seems to be rather obscured: it is…
Human Capital · Media & Press
This week - a closing keynote for the Global Payroll Management Conference
I'm the closing speaker for the American Payroll/Canadian Payroll Assn sponsored conference in San Francisco. From the session description: "In this era of global…
Human Capital · Keynotes & Events