Editor's Note

Boomers and Millennials - Much has been discussed about these two generations. As Boomers are retiring, Millennials are fast filling their gap. The differences between these two generations are prominent, yet what if they decide to work harmoniously to get things done? If business leaders can harness each generation’s respective strengths, and get them to complement each other, will experience more revenue in an economy that is increasingly global, mobile and social. 

Make Millennials Mentor Your Senior Executives: 4 reasons to do that

For many decades, Baby Boomers were the largest segment of the population. That is until Millennials, with 83 million members, supplanted them as the largest sector of the U.S. population. In fact, by 2025, the ‘Selfie Generation’ will make up 75 percent of the workforce. 

Improving Performance Through Internal Brand Training: Ways to empower your employees

When we think of our businesses and how to optimize our potential, it’s safe to think about how to best market our product to the consumer. We make budgets for time, overhead and marketing. But when we truly think about our brand, it’s more than just the products and services we provide. Part of the business identity that we don’t always consider is our employees and how they directly represent what our businesses truly value.

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Keeping Top Notch Talent Without Breaking The Bank: 5 actionable strategies for you

​Do you have employees that you constantly need to coddle, cajole and cater to? Are their needs and wants constantly changing? Do you feel like you can’t afford to pay what it takes to get—and keep—top talent employees?

Recognizing High Potential Employees: 5 tips for you

According to research done at CEB, HIPOs are 91% more valuable than non-HIPOs. But today’s reality is that 73% of HIPO programs are failing to deliver business outcomes or ROI.

The Global Pay Scale: What is the world’s average salary per country?

The average wage in a country measures the financial well-being of that country’s residents. Naturally, the higher the average wage, the better it is for the people. The total value of the world’s income is closing in on an eye-watering $70 trillion per year, but wouldn’t it be great to know where on our planet you could get your hands on the most cash?

Performance Reviews In 2017: What to expect?

According to SHRM, 90 percent of performance reviews are ineffective and painful. Multinational companies, like IBM, Accenture, SAP and more, are doing away with annual employee appraisals due to the inefficiencies related to the process.  Annual employee reviews add little value to employee performance outcome and aren’t much helpful in boosting engagement either. Hence managers and employees dislike them equally.

Boosting Workplace Productivity: Tips you need to know

A lot of American workers have a fundamental misunderstanding of what workplace productivity means. Workfront’s State of Enterprise Work report found that 81 percent of employees rate themselves highest in productivity, but they work outside standard business hours.

Micro-Learning For The Modern Workforce: How to successfully implement it?

The training landscape is changing. Although traditional classroom and shadowing may never fully go away – especially in the hospitality industry – organizations are moving their training online in an effort to engage, empower and retain today’s workforce.