Aleta Norris is a partner and co-founder of Living As A Leader, a national leadership training, coaching and consulting firm. Living As A Leader supports the development of leaders in more than 125 organizations across the country. For several years, Aleta has been researching and speaking about the critical responsibilities organizations and leaders share related to the attraction, retention and engagement of the emerging workforce.
The post-boomer workforce
Bruce Tulgan, author of “Not Everyone Gets a Trophy” and “It’s Okay to Be The Boss” has published a...
Time to take action
I recently spoke to a TEC group of next gen leaders. The topic of our conversation was the attraction and...
Have these conversations
January is often a time of new resolutions. This is a good time for leaders AND employees to plan...
The evolving world of work: Armed with high tech tools, what younger workers expect
If you’re reading the plethora of books, articles and studies related to the attraction and retention of the emerging...
Leverage the experience of Gen X: With baby boomer retirements, they are poised to assume leadership
A number of years ago, when the issue of generational challenges emerged, the theme was, “There are four generations...
They’re not lazy: Millennial generation is questioning the rules of the game
Icame across an executive summary recently, published by the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University. The opening paragraph reads, “Challenges lie ahead for companies looking to retain and advance the newest generation of workers, but companies willing to meet those challenges can expect big payoffs in the form of a well-educated, hardworking and loyal workforce.”
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The importance of feedback: Your employees deserve an annual performance review
Have you had a conversation with your employees about 2014?
How was the year for you?
What went well for you?
What...
Fill the pipeline How to prepare your young professionals for leadership
When a leadership position becomes available in your organization, who is commonly promoted? If you guessed a high-performing individual contributor, you're correct. Add to this our awareness that young professionals are interested in promotions sooner than generations before them, you might ask yourself, “How can I help our high-performing young professionals become ready for a role in leadership?”
Consider redefining your company’s work week
While visiting New Orleans in March to watch the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team play in the Sweet 16, I got involved in a conversation with Katie Leuer, a 25-year old professional who works for Best Buy corporate in Minneapolis. She was in the midst of a four-day trip to cheer on the Badgers. For those of you who follow college basketball, her brother is (soon-to-graduate) Wisconsin Badger forward, Jon Leuer.
Developing Generation Y
About a year ago, a human resources manager of a large company in Milwaukee made the following statement during a conversation: "Eighty percent of our workforce is poised to retire over the next 15 years. The future of our company will be in the hands of our youngest employees, most of whom are not even here yet.
