The culture is changing.
Give me a break, I know that. I have a 15 year old who goes to high school in New York City, I don’t need a management text book to tell me.
So what really is changing?
Tonality, rhythm, language, attitude, and pace. The cultural nuances, the pace, and the mannerisms we use to carry out our work have shifted.
A new casualness, flow, and intensity, is setting in.
To tell you the truth, I’m …

The perception of leaders varies from generation to generation particularly in the realm of politics. To be an effective leader regardless of one’s generation, one needs to be aware of social trends. One cannot be persuasive without meeting the minds of the audience to whom ideas must be presented. One cannot receive the ideas of another generation without understanding and open-mindedness. Leadership requires study and receptivity.
This point is highlighted by a recent Brookings’s report that …

Generation Y’ers don’t like strict organizations, but they do like iPods and wearing flip-flops to work. Apparently.
But it’s hard to remember–we haven’t heard a lot about them recently. A few short years ago businesses were worried about how they could find, hire, inspire, and retain Gen Y’ers.  Worried headlines asked what the future would look like with a transient, pleasure-seeking, generation interviewing for jobs they didn’t even want. Now, look up “Generation Y” in any …