From Career Treadmill to Fast Track » Generations at Work

Donna Fenn, Author of UpSTARTS! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success

sdawson — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:00:42 +0000

Donna Fenn is a contributing editor to Inc. Magazine and an expert on the entrepreneurial habits of Gen Y. Learn how eight key factors contribute to Gen Y business success:

Building collaborative tribes
Deploying technology for competitive advantage
Disrupting the status quo
Deconstructing the Gen Y market
Generating branding buzz
Leveraging social mission
Creating dynamic workplaces
Morphing and growing strategically.

Whether you’re studying Gen Y’s approach to business to beef up your bottom line or aiming to be tomorrow’s great under-30 entrepreneur story, these concepts and steps will help get your business out in front of the pack.

For more from Donna Fenn, listen to the entire show Monday, August 9, 2010, at 12pm EST/9am PST or visit www.donnafenn.com.

Tamara Erickson, Organizational Consultant, on Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work

sdawson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:00:59 +0000

Organizational consultant Tamara Erickson provides a valuable guidebook for the newcomers to the workforce -Generation Y, the 15 – 31 age cohort — who are entering in large numbers. Tammy gives Gen Y’s the information they crave to connect at work and to craft the lives they want. Sher reveals a framework Y’s can use to develop their own criteria for making career choices, how X’ers and Boomers view Generation Y, and the top 10 rules that can help Gen Y’s succeed in the corporate world. Tammy shares how Gen Y’s can use their unique strengths to understand and influence their professional relationships and to find their way in the changing workplace.

For more from Tamara Erickson, listen to the entire show on Monday, July 12, 2010, at 12pm EST/9am PST, or visit www.tammyerickson.com.

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Tamara Erickson, Organizational Consultant and Author of What’s Next Gen X?

sdawson — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:43:28 +0000

Tamara Erickson, organizational consultant and author of What’s Next, Gen X?: Keeping Up, Moving Ahead, and Getting the Career You Want, says members of Generation X—the 30-to-44 age cohort—have drawn the short stick at work. The economy has been stacked against them from the beginning. She lays out a powerful framework for shaping a satisfying, meaningful career, revealing how GenXers can:

Use their unique capabilities to become effective leaders
Identify work that matches their passion
Succeed in a corporate career or independently
Spot and seize newly emerging professional opportunities.

Tammy helps you decide what you want and shows how to get it.

For more from Tamara Erickson, listen to the entire show or visit www.tammyerickson.com.

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Tammy Erickson: How to Retire Retirement

sdawson — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:02:11 +0000

Tamara Erickson, a consultant in workforce trends and talent management solutions, and author of Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation joined “Total Career Success” on the radio to share career advancement tips for baby boomers. According to Tammy, current employers have a problem: there aren’t enough young people to take the place of retiring baby boomers. The recession is masking the problem for the short term, but employers are braced for the talent gap. For boomers, this is good. The power is shifting in their favor because they will have the power to renegotiate their relationship with their work, jobs and careers. There are three important strategies and tips that baby boomers who want and need to work can implement:

Challenge assumptions
Renegotiate your deal and get what you want
Reinvent your career and your life

For more from Tamara Erickson, listen to the entire show or visit www.tammyerickson.com.

To jumpstart your job search and career advancement today, visit www.betterjobbetterlife.com for 7 FREE videos that will transform your career.