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Communication: What’s the Best Way?
We are experience many different communication challenges in our workforce everyday given the different communication styles of each of the generations in the workplace. Is one generation’s style more correct than another? Is there one communication style that is better than another? It depends…on the people you work with, the clients you interact with and the culture of your company. As part of our research for Bridging the Generation Gap, Linda Gravett, PhD, SPHR, CEQC and I asked 500 individuals in each of the generations what their preferred communication method was in order to learn more about the different communication styles. We quickly learned there were definitely preferences based on the generations.

Diapers to Dentures: Who Is Managing Who?
Making the younger boss/older worker relationship work.

FUSION: A Six Step Solutin to Handling Conflict Across Generations
Together, Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR and Linda Gravett, PhD, SPHR share their expertise about conflict around work ethic and work methods, which are the primary sources of conflict in today's workplace even if you are a small nonprofit or a large Fortune 500 corporation. Plus, there are many other sources of conflict ranging from work-life balance issues, loyalty, respect, career choices, technology capabilities or availabilities, dress code to name just a few. The conflicts themselves are the feeder but the impacts they can have on the workplace are more crucial - miscommunications, decrease in morale, increase in absenteeism, increase in turnover, loss of productivity, or loss of customers. We don't, however, have to accept conflict in the workplace and these potentially detrimental impacts as the norm.

5 Tips for Managing Generation Y
Have you finally realized that saying “because I said so” to that 20-something employee isn’t working? Are you ready and really willing to listen and change what you do to more effectively manage your young workers? Then let’s get started with some real solutions to managing the younger generation!

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Thirteen Proven Lead Generation Tools For Service Businesses From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Is your lead generation tool kit well stocked or almost empty? Or are your lead generation tools rusty and no longer work? What lead generation tools are you using? And are the tools you are using producing results? So many people over so many years have told me that they just cannot grow their service business. After listening to them complain, I ask what and how many lead generation tools they are using? They tell me that they advertised in the Yellow Pages and mailed some letters as their lead generation efforts. Wow, and they are complaining that they do not get enough leads. Reflecting on what have been successful tools for me in the past, your Strategic Thinking Business Coach identified thirteen (13) proven lead generation tools to apply to your service business. And here they are in no priority order.

Communication: What’s the Best Way?
We are experience many different communication challenges in our workforce everyday given the different communication styles of each of the generations in the workplace. Is one generation’s style more correct than another? Is there one communication style that is better than another? It depends…on the people you work with, the clients you interact with and the culture of your company. As part of our research for Bridging the Generation Gap, Linda Gravett, PhD, SPHR, CEQC and I asked 500 individuals in each of the generations what their preferred communication method was in order to learn more about the different communication styles. We quickly learned there were definitely preferences based on the generations.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Mastering the "Inner Game" of Lead Generation
Is your business producing the way you would like? Studies show that real estate professionals who are proficient at lead generation flourish in any economy. This article shows how mastering the "Inner Game" of lead generation helps you overcome resistance and build confidence so that lead generation can become a consistent part of your everyday marketing.
Design a Lead Generation Scorecard
“Lead Generation refers to the creation or generation of prospective consumer interest or inquiry into a business’ products or services. Often lead generation is associated with marketing activities, such as cold-calling, targeted at generating new sales opportunities for a company’s sales force. Therefore a “lead” is correctly described as information regarding, or provided by, a consumer that may be interested in making a purchase. “Generation” is one of a myriad of activities that produces contact information and/or interest.” Typical Lead Generation Campaigns

Three Traffic Generation Mistakes that You Must Avoid
Traffic generation is an important part of any internet business. There are literally hundreds of people who are experts or claim to be experts in traffic generation so it is very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. But of all the traffic generation tips and lessons out there, there are a few common things that you must never do to generate traffic to your website. Read on to find out more.

Third Generation Leadership and Accountability
The bottom line in any organisation is performance. And performance demands accountability. The issue as we move from First Generation Leadership or Second Generation Leadership approaches to a Third Generation Leadership approach is not one of being accountable versus being unaccountable. This article looks at how it is possible to maintain personal accountability in a Third Generation Leadership organisation
The Ultimate Alternative Energy
We have no energy shortage, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to obtain some background about efforts underway in next generation nuclear power generation that could generate alternative wealth generation opportunities.

Feelings of Entitlement
It is difficult for most kids who are working in the family business to not have some feelings of entitlement. After all, the main reason most entrepreneurs’ start their own business is to provide for their families. Once that is secure, thoughts of creating a legacy and passing the business from generation to generation become a natural progression for most founders, even though statistics show that business failure is alarming in second and third generation leadership. In fact, The Family Business Institute reports that only 12% of family businesses survive the third generation. Feelings of entitlement are not necessarily a bad thing. It’s the attitude of the owner’s child that really matters.
How to Deal With Emotional Employees
- Published in 'Engaging the 80's generation' - CONCHIUS 1 June, 2010. Many managers in China are concerned with the 80’s generation lack of self-control, often describing them as “too emotional” and not treating each other with respect. One of the main reasons for this is that being from the single-child generation; the 80’s generation have little experience handling emotions and set-backs. Employees who become very emotional will often bring out emotional responses from their managers. Being a successful manager, you must be able to control these situations when they occur. There are 3 basic rules for handling difficult people in general: 1. Be assertive 2. Keep calm, and 3. Use non-confrontational feedback
The Battle for Talent is Heating Up, Are You Ready?
This is an interesting time in the history of business - workplace dynamics are in the midst of a huge shift. Baby Boomers in their 60’s are running into the challenges of managing the very different needs of those in the Y generation. In fact, so much focus has been placed on these two sizeable generations colliding in the marketplace, that the generation in between them, Generation X, has been largely forgotten.
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