I do a lot of public speaking, mostly on the topic of how to bridge generational differences in the workplace. And I field tons of questions from corporate audiences. Here are four of the most common questions: How can you tell if a member of Gen Y hates his or her boss? You can't. This […]
The guy I'm sort of dating asks me, “Do you know Glenda Bautista?” I say, “No.” He says, “We're trying to hire her.” So I check out her blog and dis her and he says, “She was dating Matt Mullenweg.” I say, “Really.” He says, “Yeah. I was talking with my business partner and we […]
It used to be that the best post-college jobs were the ones that gave you a sense of security (law, medicine) or financial windfall (banking). But the finance industry and grad-school route are both dead ends at this point. The New York Times reports that we're experiencing a sea change in the career department because […]
This past week was Spring Break and toward the end, somehow my ex and my nanny fell out of the picture, and I was doing a lot of taking care of the kids, which, I have said before, is not what I’m great at. I wish I were. I tried for four years to be […]
This is a guest post from Dan Schawbel. He is 25 years old and already, the New York Times has called him a “personal branding guru.” Dan’s book is Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and it just came out today. Personal branding describes a process where individuals differentiate themselves from […]
What is up with the constant photo ops of the wives of the men running the financial universe? What about the two women in the G-20? Do we put their husbands in the midst of this group of women? No. It would look insane. And that is exactly the reason that all the other women […]
Generation Y has a lot of great traits, but classic, top-down leadership is not one of them. This is not a surprise: Because gen Y is the great teamwork generation. They did book reports in teams, they went to prom in teams, and they are notorious for quitting jobs in teams. I know this first […]
This is another post about a book. Two days in a row. But before you get all giddy and think you should send your book to me so I’ll write about it, forget it. First of all, I get five to ten books every week. And I throw most of them away. Second, honestly, for […]
One of the best parts about blogging is meeting people I would never meet in real life. Often, this means psychopaths, who use the C word in my comments section. But the best times, the people I meet are like Tony Morgan. He is a pastor and chief strategy officer at NewSpring Church, based in […]
One of the reasons I moved from New York City to Madison, WI is that I knew I would start another company. I wasn’t sure what it would be, but I had already launched two startups, and I could feel another one coming. It’s a sort of itch I get when I have too many […]