Human Resources

December 03, 2009

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The Real Cost of Multitasking

The Real Cost of Multitasking Embracing Unitasking for Better Productivity and Happier Living Let’s just say this — there’s a very good chance you’re doing three things right now. Don’t think so? Think about it. You’re reading this, you may have some music or talk show on in the background, your eye darts over to [...]

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September 17, 2009

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“Perfect storm” brewing within the workforce

VANCOUVER, Sept. 16 /CNW/ – Social media expert Tod Maffin says companies are about to face a mass exodus of employees due to a kind of perfect storm brewing within two key generations of employees. “With the Baby Boomers set to retire en masse, companies are going to have to find ways to replace them [...]

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September 03, 2009

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Business, Benefits, and Bargaining: Five Gen-Y Case Studies

This Tuesday in my newsletter, I’ll publish my report on how smart companies are changing the way they do business to better reflect the way new workers think and work. You’ll be able to read five specific case studies who had great ideas that turned into higher retention and more satisfied workers. How a national [...]

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August 24, 2009

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Want to recruit and retain Gen-Y? Help them change the world.

In researching and preparing for my keynote presentation Leading the Facebook Generation: How to Manage, Inspire, and Retain the Generation-Y Millennials, I’ve come across so many horrible myths about Generation Y in the workplace. The three most common myths: “Generation Y employees will quit their job just to go snowboarding.” (More likely, they were being [...]

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August 17, 2009

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Top Five Reasons Generation Y Workers Leave Their Employer

by Tod Maffin, Generation Y speaker (“The Facebook Generation”) Forget the recession — the biggest challenge companies will face in the next five years is yet to come: A mass exodus of employees from the workforce. Baby boomers have already begun retiring en masse and scant few organizations have any kind of succession plan in [...]

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