The Principal – Agent Problem is alive and well. It is getting more and more difficult to inspire employees to act in the best interest of the … Read more
8 Tips for Managing Millennials More Effectively
If managing millennials is a major topic of conversation — and frustration — in your organization, here are eight things managers and your organization can … Read more
There Are Differences In What the Generations Want From Work
I was doing some research for a client and came across this report from Monster: Monster Multi-Generational Survey, published in 2016. The underlying … Read more
What to Look Out For When You Start Hiring Gen Z
Generation Z (ages 17-26) is catching the attention of marketers, media and the entertainment industry. But what makes this new generation different? As … Read more
Want to Keep Your Millennials? Then Train Them
Millennials want to leave their jobs. A report from Deloitte found that a majority expect to have new jobs in the next five years. Why? Leadership … Read more
How Companies Can Best Recruit and Retain Millennials
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the book It’s All About Bob (bie): Strategies For Winning With Your Employees, published by The … Read more
Want to Lead Millennials? Just Stop Giving Us What We Want
There are countless articles out there that detail how to lead Millennials — everything from the importance of transparency, meaningful work, and … Read more
Employers and Gen Z: Time to Lay The Foundation For the Next Wave of Talent
Millennials were the primary focus of marketers and recruiters for most of the last decade. And for good reason: More than one-in-three American workers … Read more
How to Set Your Millennial Employees Up for Great Success
This generation of Millennials, they can be a little difficult, right? I’ve hired them, I work with them, my children are them, so I’ve seen firsthand what … Read more
Millennials Who Move Up — and Those Who Move On
Have you ever wondered about how some Millennials work hard and move up, while others work for a while but then decide to move on? Let me start with some … Read more
I’m Sick and Tired of People Playing the Generation Card
I gotta admit, I was a little spellbound when I first read Talia Jane’s open letter to the CEO of Yelp, the company she worked for then (she was fired … Read more
5 Ways to Engage Employees to Help Retain Top Talent
With the unemployment rate dropping below 5 percent for the first time in eight years, it’s no surprise that business owners and senior executives are … Read more
Praise? It’s An Essential (and Critical) Skill For All New Managers
There is no shortage of skills that new managers need to develop as they transition from individual contributors to leading people for the first time. One … Read more
Don’t Look Now, But Your Millennials Are Searching For Their Next Gig
It’s not true that your Millennials are more likely to job hop than other generations, but they’re probably already looking for their next … Read more
It’s Time to Start Recruiting, and Managing, Generation Z
The Millennials are so yesterday. Now it’s time to start thinking about recruiting Generation Z — defined as those born between the mid 1990s and 2010 and … 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