Tamara S Erickson

Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work

They make up nearly one-third of all Americans living today. Born after 1980, they're now pouring into the work world with values, aspirations, and approaches that differ markedly from their parents--and coworkers. They're Generation Y.In Plugged In, Tamara Erickson shows Gen Y's how to use their ow...

Reinvent Your Career and Your Life: Doing What You Want--Career Strategies for Boomers

Today, far too many Boomers find themselves begrudgingly sticking with their current employers. But in an age of unprecedented opportunities for this generation of workers, this needn't ever happen. This chapter discusses strategies for tapping into and realizing what you want out of life and career...

Managing Middlescence (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)

They make up more than half your workforce. They work longer hours than anyone else in your company. From their ranks come most of your top managers. They're your mid-career employees, the solid citizens between the ages of 35 and 55 whom you bank on for their loyalty and commitment. And they're not...

Managing MiddlescenceConnect and Develop: Inside P&G's New Model for Innovation (Harvard Business Review)

You depend on your mid-career employees. They make up more than half your workforce and work longer hours than anyone else in your company. But, many of these solid performers between the ages of 35 and 55 are not happy. In fact, they're burned out, bored, and bottlenecked, new research reveals. Wel...

What's Next, Gen X?: Keeping Up, Moving Ahead, and Getting the Career You Want

You're a member of Generation X-the 30-to-44 age cohort. And you've drawn the short stick when it comes to work. The economy has been stacked against you from the beginning. Worse, you're sandwiched between Boomers (with their constant back-patting blather and refusal to retire) and Gen Y's (with th...

Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills And Talent

Unprecedented shifts in the age distribution and diversity of the global labor pool are underway. Within the decade, as the massive boomer generation begins to retire and fewer skilled workers are available to replace them, companies in industrialized markets will face a labor shortage and brain dra...

Third Generation R & D: Managing the Link to Corporate Strategy

Written by three senior consultants from Arthur D. Little, this book provides managers with a new approach that will make R&D a truly competitive weapon. Relates how R&D management has evolved from the naive "strategy of hope" approach of the 1950s and 1960s, when companies spent lavishly in the vag...

Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation

Good news: there is no need to retire. There is no need to pack up your desk or attend one more retirement party. Why? With the widening gap between the number of workers and the demand for talent, employers are looking to keep smart, productive workers in the workplace. The growing talent shortage ...

Third Generation R & D: Managing the Link to Corporate Strategy