As a woman with an MBA degree and someone who wants to see more women in the C-suite, I read with interest an article entitled Defining Workplace Dreams for Women MBAs in the September 28, 2009 issue of Forbes magazine. The article referenced a study by Universum, a research firm focused on employer branding. Universum [...]
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There was an interesting article by Marshall Goldsmith in the August 25th issue of Business Week entitled We’re All Entrepreneurs, Advice for the Young that Transcends Age. The article paints a fairly harsh picture of the current and future world of work in North America. We know that Job security and corporate paternalism are relics [...]
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The most disengaged employees in workplaces around the world are those in Gen Y – people born in the early 1980s through the early 1990s. So, we are talking about workers up to age 28. The study was conducted by BlessingWhite and looked at employee engagement levels at companies on four continents. When I stopped [...]
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I just finished reading Daniel Pink’s new book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need. I loved this little book, which is written in the Japanese manga style. It’s similar to a comic book in that it uses illustrations to tell the story with very little text. Manga is very [...]
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I remember the advice I got early in my career. It was something like, “The thing to do is get a job with a big, stable company with good benefits and a pension and stay there until your retire.” It was pretty good advice, given the business landscape in the U.S. during the early 1970′s. [...]
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