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Can Your Company Pass a Human Capital Stress Test?

by Mary Erlain | Business, Leadership, Personal Development

In the past, the Federal Government required many of the country’s biggest banks to assess the viability of the capital the banks held. One of the reasons the Fed did this was to evaluate the processes and systems in place surrounding their assets. For a bank, cash is...

Being an Entrepreneur is not for Everyone…

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Development, Leadership

Are you one of the Corporate Fatalities from this year’s right-sizing initiative?” Does the idea of running a small company seem idyllic? What could be more exciting than building a business from the ground up? You’ll bootstrap it, call all the shots and make all the...

Three Directions of Communication in the Workplace

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Communication, Generational Diversity, Leadership

There are three forms of communication within an organization – upward, downward, and horizontal. This is where generational influences can really come into play. Upward communication is communication up channels from staff members through management. This...

Effective Brainstorming in the Generationally Diverse Workplace

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Communication, Generational Diversity, Leadership

Excerpt from  “Empowering the Multi-Generational Workforce”   Results can be impacted due to one’s ability to participate in effective brainstorming sessions. This can have generational diversity components to it as well as many other internal and external sources. It...

Gen Z’s in the Workforce – They Are NOT Millennials!

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Communication, Generational Diversity, Leadership

  Excerpt from  “Empowering the Multi-Generational Workforce”   Generation Z’s (born after 1990)  Also, known as iGeneration or Nextars Instant gratification Social Open books (little kept private) Communicate in short spurts Crave constant and immediate feedback...

Gen Y’s (Millennials) in the Workforce

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Communication, Generational Diversity, Leadership

Excerpt from  “Empowering the Multi-Generational Workforce”   Generation Y’s (1977-1990)  Also, known as Millennials or Echo Boomers Grew-up like Gen X’ers, but with a different parenting style (e.g., timeouts, no spankings, very protective parents) Extremely...
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