Yeah Summer!

Yeah Summer!  Some of us living in the Midwest thought summer was never going to arrive. But our patience has paid off as we celebrate the wonderfully long days of sunshine and blue sky (with an occasional thunderstorm rolling through).  Now the only question is how do we use these summer days to benefit us [...]

Moving from the Pyramid and Into the Future

Posted by Keitha:  What does workplace flexibility really look like?  We don’t know yet because, as U.S. employers in the 21st century, we are in the midst of transition.  We have one foot in the traditional business models, principles and constructs despite the fact that they aren’t working in a global economy with a multi-generational [...]

The Age of Employability

Now that the Democratic nominee for U. S. President has been determined, as voters, we will be faced with an interesting psychological dilemma – how do we feel about age and competence?  I’m not talking about the overanalyzed question of who has the most “experience” but rather the always expressed but seldom analyzed perspective that [...]

Opposite ends of the work continuum

  Posted by Margy:  I recently attended my son’s masters degree graduation. I was struck by the similarities and differences in our life stages, as all those “20-somethings” marched into the quadrangle to receive their degrees, proud of what they had accomplished, hopeful for the future and thrilled to be entering the work world. While [...]