Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Managing Generation Y Employees (good luck)

James,

Generation Y. The Internet Generation. Millennials. Whatever you call them, this new generation of workers is the largest to hit the workforce since the Boomers, and they bring with them unique expectations.

From work/life balance to access to technology to fast-track advancement, managing Millennials can be a challenge. The managers who make changes to accommodate them will reap huge benefits going forward.

So, how do you motivate, reward, direct and develop this generation? Read the report:

"Managing Millennials: 9 Ways to Get the Most from the Internet Generation"

Create a Positive Work Environment for Millennials to Flourish

* 2 simple ways to challenge Millennials and keep them engaged
* 4 managerial qualities they love to see from their bosses
* 7 core traits of Generation Y
* 4 ways to tap into their intrinsic motivation
* 3 steps to effective performance feedback

Get it now

A new applied sciences campus in the Big Apple?

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/7-university-groups-bid-to-build-new-technology-campus-in-new-york-city/37642?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en


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An online program for training your managers

James,

Managers – new and experienced – need to be trained more than anyone in your organization. Here are two critical reasons why...

1. Research tells us that the second most important relationship in a person's life (after family) is with their boss.

2. A comprehensive study conducted by the Gallup Organization involving 80,000 managers, showed that when people leave a job, they most often do so to get away from their supervisors, not their companies.

It's clear. A manager's impact – positive and negative – on your company is enormous.

But you can't leave them to figure out how to become effective managers on their own. They need a roadmap. And that's why we're excited to bring you ManageElite.

Online Management Training That Works
Interactive Content, Engaging Speakers and Real-World Scenarios

ManageElite provides real-world Management online training to help you improve organizational performance and stay in compliance – at a fraction of the cost you'd spend on live conferences, seminars and onsite trainers. How?

By combining experienced editors and subject-matter experts with sound instructional design and rapid e-learning tools, ManageElite allows you to deliver more effective training, to more employees, in a shorter period of time – at less cost.

Visit the ManageElite website where you can:

* Read an overview with the ins and outs of ManageElite

* View a list and details on the 9 training modules

* Preview a quick interactive demo of the content

* Read what other people are saying about ManageElite

Best regards,

ManageElite
370 Technology Drive
Malvern, PA 19355
1-800-220-5000

The Mark of Cain?

Presidential hopeful acknowledges settlement, continues to deny sex harassment guilt:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/31/herman-cain-sexual-harassment-settlement_n_1068233.html?ncid=webmail1

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7386562n

http://www.frumforum.com/overlooked-clue-in-cains-sex-harassment-story


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Employment Law materials from Martindale

http://forum-press.martindale.com/

A Message From The DirectorGayle Moran, Esq.
The Next Generation of Employment Law: New Issues, Tested Solutions and What’s Next

Employment law is a fundamentally proactive practice—it’s a lot easier for companies to prevent problems than to solve them once they arise. Staying a step ahead of the latest trends and developments is critical for in-house counsel, who want to keep their companies in the clear. Participants at our Counsel to Counsel forum in Nashville offered perspectives on how to unravel employment allegations to uncover the core issues. Moreover, they shared several insights on the hot topic of the year—how companies should address social media use in the workplace. Last but not least, there is good news from the courts in the form of recent rulings restricting class certifications in many wage and hour cases and upholding the use of class action waivers in employment agreements. We hope you’ll continue the dialogue on these evolving issues online.

Your chance to volunteer for Barack

Jim --

A little more than one year from now, we'll all be doing one of two things.

We'll be celebrating the President's re-election, and our renewed opportunity to keep moving this country forward. Or we'll be wondering whether we could have done more -- reached out and talked to more people, helped register more voters -- when we still had time.

I plan on waking up on the morning of November 7th, 2012, knowing that President Obama was re-elected and I did everything I could to make sure of it. We have a lot of ground to cover between now and Election Day -- and we can't wait until next year to get started. That's why this week -- one year out -- we're ramping up the volunteer push that's going to get this president re-elected.

Today, say you're ready to be a part of it -- whether that means you make phone calls next week, go canvassing early next year, or take on a leadership role in your neighborhood team in the months to come.

Commit to volunteer for 2012 today.

Thousands of supporters are already at work on the ground, talking to their neighbors, pitching in however they can. But none of us can sit back on the sidelines and hope that work alone will be enough. It won't.

There isn't going to be another November between now and the election: The twelve months we have left are all we're going to get. Right now, we all have the time, and the opportunity, to step up and make a commitment to be a part of the work that we know will be the difference between winning and losing next fall.

The reality we'll all face when the dust settles after the 2012 elections is something we can affect with the actions we decide to take today.

It's time: Say you'll help shape the outcome of 2012 by committing to volunteer:

http://my.barackobama.com/Commit-To-Volunteer

Let's get out there,

Jeremy

Jeremy Bird
National Field Director
Obama for America

Guest article: Ten Big Businesses with Incredibly Casual Offices

Hi Jim,

We recently published an article that you may be interested in entitled, “10 Big Businesses With Incredibly Casual Offices” (http://www.businessinsurance.org/10-big-businesses-with-incredibly-casual-offices/).

After having followed your blog for a while, I feel that this one article would align well with your blog's subject matter. I thought perhaps you'd be interested in sharing this article with your readers? Thanks, and keep up the great blogging!


Sincerely,
Roxanne McAnn


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