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...high expectations for the younger players and for the way things should be,” Barnard added. “She’s not afraid to use positive criticism and she’s an excellent communicator. She commands respect because she gives respect...
...authors offer many examples of trouble spots where generational conflicts are most likely to explode, from recruitment to retirement. To solve them, they say, managers need to appreciate the groups' unique perspectives. For example: "Technology and Gen X-pectations have changed the pace of the game," they write. "Younger workers in particular are no longer willing to wait week after week to find out whether you're planning to make them an offer. Dawdle too long, and they're gone...
...says, "we would bump heads all the time. We came to realize it was really a generational clash." Stillman notes with interest that his group, the Gen Xers, is relatively small (only 46 million, compared with the Boomers' 80 million). That means companies will increasingly be vying for the younger Millennials. Watch out: Britney Spears may be coming soon to a corporate suite near...
...change necessary to update Japanese society's relationship with the rest of the world and its peoples is not on the horizon, not yet. Gerontocracy keeps younger talent away from powers of decision making, resulting in a US-bound brain drain, a Europe/New York City-bound arts drain, and, more depressing for a father-to-be, a "dream drain": a pervasive acceptance that a creative and fulfilled life in a human-friendly environment lies only in the Paris of Am?lie, the Rome of Audrey Hepburn's Holiday and the Canada or Hawaii of Japan Travel Bureau brochures. An economy gnawed...
...random thing to do, very spontaneous. My family thought it was a little weird, but my [younger] brother had made a similar transition...so that made it easier,” says McCarty...