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DON’T LET CYBERSCHISM DELETE OLD FRIENDS
We entrepreneurs are always charging ahead. We seldom look back, but some of our old friends sometimes fail to keep up with the technology that now consumes us. So we risk losing what were once precious and valuable connections.

Employee Freedom, A New "Old" Paradigm
In 1994 Jim Belasco and Ralph Stayer wrote Flight of the buffalo which focuses on learning to let employees lead. In 2009 Brian Carney and Isaac Getz wrote Freedom, Inc. which focuses on how to free your employees and let them lead your business to higher productivity, profits and growth. These are two examples of books that explain why a "flat organization" is better and how to build or transform an organization with it. As Gen-Y begins to take over leadership in the majority of American business, these concepts of employee empowerment, self-management and flat structure will be their demand. They care more about work-life balance than money, and they just might be able to salvage the mess we boomers have made of things. Success in the 21st century demands employers embrace this new "old" paradigm.
Making The Transition to a Social Business
Tim Bernes-Lee thought the Web was a nice little friendly place when he first unleashed it on the iNet. You know something to futz around with in your leisure time. Then you decided that it was great to play with at the office. Then you started throwing up anything/everything about yourself, your friends, your enemies, your ex up on the Web. Then the marketing folks thought what a fantastic place to advertise. Cheap, directed ads ... how cool. Of course the boss doesn't mess with it but what the heck you're so with it...until it bites you then BAM!!! Hey, who knew that stuff would live...FOREVER!!!!

Benefits of Hiring Older Workers
By 2016, it is expected that 1 out of 3 workers will be 50 years of age or older. A labor shortage, as much as 30% by 2030, is expected as boomers continue to mature. Employers who learn how to attract and keep older workers will be able to fill the expected shortfall.

Three Tips for Baby Boomers Staring a New Business
Women and men in their 60s and 70s are now busy re-inventing themselves, sharpening and learning new skills and beginning new enterprises. After quitting a corporate job or retiring from teaching many of you aren't ready to stay home and watch TV knit all day. You want to "do something!" It's no surprise at how many boomers," decide to begin a solo-entrepreneur business. Business can be a labor of love but it's also filled with challenges, and part of being a success is finding strategies to overcome obstacles. If you're not too old to begin, than you're also not too old to stick with it when it gets hard.
Generations X & Y: Motivating and Engaging Young Employees
Practical tips for understanding and working with Gen X and Y workers.
How Do I Avoid Thee? Let Me Count The Ways!
Many men would be really furious at me if they thought I questioned their courage. But it's true: women tend to be far more courageous than their counterparts.
5 Tips for Workplace Retention Across Generations
How to retain your best young talent
Five SureFire Ways to Drive Good Employees Away
Learn and avoid the top five actions that pull the plug on employee energy.
The Past, Present and Future Workforce
According to business surveys, there are currently 4 generations in the workplace. Those born before 1945 (called Veterans), those born between 1945 and mid-1960 (called Boomers), those born between 1965 and 1980 (known as Gen Xers), and those born after 1980 (either Nexters or Gen Yers). This creates a minimum age span difference of at least 35 years. This may not seem to be significant by itself, but I remember when I turned 21, I thought 35 was ancient. Now that I am a part of the seasoned generation (also known as the middle of the road between the Veterans and Boomers), 35 is a youngster.

Boomer Retirement Planning: It's Not Just for the Retirees
Boomers planning for their retirement has been all over the news of late; particularly hot is the revelation that we Boomers have not planned very well. What is not as well known is that Boomers themselves are not alone in that lack of retirement preparedness....companies are even less ready to handle the tremendous amount of information and skill that will walk out the door along with those retirees. Here's what you can do about it.
Does Your Company Suffer from Cross-Generational Crankiness?
Boomers vs. Millennials: No it isn't a promo for Wrestlemania - it's a real and growing problem in the halls of commerce, large and small. Millennials, those children of the youngest (what I call "junior") Boomers, were given the moniker because they entered the workforce around the beginning of the millennium, and brought with them a whole new world of career demands and workplace expectations that, to put it kindly, is met unenthusiastically by the middle and senior Boomers still running the show. And if you're thinking "Who cares?" you aren't seeing the huge productivity-busting implications of a "generation battle" that saps morale, impedes the kind of seamless communication on which great customer service is built, and dissipates company loyalty. So, how do you prevent this melt-down, or undo the damage if it's already happening?
Start "Branding" You
It's not simply about showing how you're different from your competitors. It's about having your prospects conclude that you’re the only solution for their problem.
Ageism...Between Truth and Consequences
At its lowest common denominator, being employed is about problem solving. You are hired to solve a problem whether it is answering the telephone or programming a computer. Your ability to consistently, effectively, and efficiently solve that problem can often determine your long-term career or industry success. So, if the problem you were hired to solve evolves, it will probably behoove you to evolve with it.

Working for the Right Person
People who are winning at working work for the right person - the one looking back in mirror. That differentiation changes everything. It's easier to know what jobs to seek, skills to enhance, and opportunities to seize. It's easier to know when you should change paths, companies, or bosses. And it's easier to weather workplace stresses when you're the one holding the compass for your life.
Pay My Dues ~ Build Credibility
During a recent networking function, I had a great conversation about young professionals with an older gentleman—I’ll call him Bill—in the insurance sales industry. He mentioned how difficult it is to find young professionals willing to put time in and “pay their dues” – “they want to have it all without putting forth any effort.”
The World Really Is Your Oyster
People learn more in online communities. The physical environment is too structured and doesn't allow for individuality. Learning how to learn globally..
Getting Millennials to Drink the Kool-Aid
Much has been written about the four (soon to be five) generations in the workforce. Stress between these groups is often the source of significant productivity loss due to annoyance. For this discussion, I wanted to focus on the Millennials (Generation Y) who are now 16-30 years old. The communication patterns of these young people are causing ruffled feathers as they are becoming a larger force within most organizations.

Attract and retain the right people for your Company
Steve Thompson, a FocalPoint Business Coach takes you through how to solve your hiring issues. Find out more here.
Boomer Business Start-Up Strategy #2
So, would you like to start your own business? Is it in an industry you have experience or are you looking at a complete career change? Reports continue to pour in about corporate downsizing and “ageism,” which is just another word for age discrimination. Some savvy Boomers have taken their layoffs as a sign that they should move on. They proactively use that “opportunity” to make the move into entrepreneurship rather than stand on the unemployment line. I commend them.
Learning From Failure
Did you know that many Entrepreneurs have been in your shoes and have decided to take a second, third or fourth run at starting a new business? As a leading Real Estate Mentor, I work with many Boomers who have tried starting a business in the past. They may have mortgaged the family home and thumbed their noses at the boss only to have to return a year or two later with ‘their tails between their legs.’ This can take a huge toll on one’s self-esteem and severely injure your confidence. As a result many have lost their “spirit” and now drudge through a daily routine in which they find little to no fulfillment.
A Winning Attitude – Key to Your Success
I am in dialogue nearly every day with highly anxious Boomers who see the world changing in front of their eyes. Many feel less and less useful in today’s high-tech climate. Boomers everywhere are increasingly stressed over ageism in the workplace. They are tired of watching their fleeting retirement plans passing away. So, what are you going to do about, yourself?
EQ Coaching The Ultimate Development Tool by Peggy Grall
Learn how coaching can accelerate the development and promote ability of Generation X
How to Target the Boomers
There are 76 million people alive today which were born between 1946-1964, widely considered the baby boom era. This article briefly discusses how to target this generation with your marketing messages.

Banish The Fear of Selling Forever
If your franchise prospects and franchisees are like most…they are lacking the ‘selling gene’. Here are 2 steps guaranteed to give your franchisees the courage they need to begin getting comfortable with selling…immediately.

Boomers Realigning Values
Marketers would be wise to pay attention to a just released study from Civano Living, Ypartnership, and American LIVES that reports that Baby Boomer consumerism is giving way to relationship-building.

Other boomers Related Articles

Starting a Business on the Internet
Often, retirement is the time when most baby boomers contemplate the idea of starting a second career. There are number of ways in which baby boomers can earn some additional income, one of which is starting your own online business. If you are one of those who want to have a booming online business, you may want to consider some useful tips listed in this article.
Does Your Company Suffer from Cross-Generational Crankiness?
Boomers vs. Millennials: No it isn't a promo for Wrestlemania - it's a real and growing problem in the halls of commerce, large and small. Millennials, those children of the youngest (what I call "junior") Boomers, were given the moniker because they entered the workforce around the beginning of the millennium, and brought with them a whole new world of career demands and workplace expectations that, to put it kindly, is met unenthusiastically by the middle and senior Boomers still running the show. And if you're thinking "Who cares?" you aren't seeing the huge productivity-busting implications of a "generation battle" that saps morale, impedes the kind of seamless communication on which great customer service is built, and dissipates company loyalty. So, how do you prevent this melt-down, or undo the damage if it's already happening?
Boomer Retirement Planning: It's Not Just for the Retirees
Boomers planning for their retirement has been all over the news of late; particularly hot is the revelation that we Boomers have not planned very well. What is not as well known is that Boomers themselves are not alone in that lack of retirement preparedness....companies are even less ready to handle the tremendous amount of information and skill that will walk out the door along with those retirees. Here's what you can do about it.
The Political Failures of the Baby Boomers, and the Challenges for the Next Generation
The Boomers' failures are distributed uniformly from Right to Left. But given the liberal-leaning Boomers' original rise from the 1960s counterculture, their weak-kneed absorption into the partisan political establishment is most ironic. The generation that fought for free speech and the right to question authority now enforces strict political correctness and quashes political dissent from their tenured posts in academia.

Transfers vs. New First Time Franchisees
Many of today's experienced franchisees started when they were in their early forties. Now these Baby Boomers are in their fifties and sixties and looking toward retirement. Of the 25 million or more business owners in the U.S. today, many of them are Baby Boomers. Therefore, transfers or franchise re-sales will rise relative to new units in the next few years.
Stuck in Middle Management? Consider Franchise Ownership As An Alternative
It’s the fault of those Baby Boomers, really, or so statisticians are telling us. That great mass of people born between the years of 1946 and 1964 are now firmly ensconced in upper management positions in corporate America, and those underneath, say in their late 30s to mid 40s, are finding their own career advancement put on hold as the Boomers, like the Energizer Bunny, just keep going and going and going.
Are You a Baby Boomer Who's Coachabl
Baby boomers are alive and well and living in droves, in all corners of the globe. Now in their 50s and 60s, many baby boomers reject any notion of retirement. Yet, many still have an entrepreneurial flame that’s burning brightly, which fuels their motivation to keep working. To take your place, and succeed in today’s new economy, means total openness to fresh approaches, and new learning. The big question is, “ how coachable you are?” and "are you really as coachable as you think? Here are three ways to check.

Are You a Baby Boomer Who Wants to Succeed?
For baby boomers to have the desire to succeed means having will, determination, and courage. Read what baby boomers need to do to be successful working from home.

Boomer Business Start-up Strategy #8
As a Baby Boomer you can make some great acquaintances with other like-minded Boomers who have said “goodbye” to their corporate jobs and are now running their own businesses. Working with other Boomers will likely be easier as there is a growing comradeship among the many Boomers who have made the career shift.
A Winning Attitude – Key to Your Success
I am in dialogue nearly every day with highly anxious Boomers who see the world changing in front of their eyes. Many feel less and less useful in today’s high-tech climate. Boomers everywhere are increasingly stressed over ageism in the workplace. They are tired of watching their fleeting retirement plans passing away. So, what are you going to do about, yourself?
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