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		<title>Leaders Should Learn About Employees 5-9 Activities to Recruit and Retain the Best Talent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently discussed 5-9 jobs and how that might look in the future. After that post, we had a great deal of discussion as to how to strategically channel that type of energy for everyone’s benefit. I do not believe that most traditional managers would be supportive of their employees’ 5-9 efforts. Many Gen X [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/04/leaders-should-learn-about-employees-5-9-activities-to-recruit-and-retain-the-best-talent/</link>
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		<title>How Gen Y Will Use Innovation to Fill the Leadership Void</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we were talking about what the next decade might bring for Gen Y and their career choices. We talked about how Gen Y will be getting married in record numbers and how that may affect their career choices. While I do believe many Gen Yers will accept less than ideal employment situations in order [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/04/how-gen-y-will-use-innovation-to-fill-the-leadership-void/</link>
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		<title>Why Gen Y Will Leave Your Organization When The Recession Ends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent economic downturn has certainly adjusted everyone’s attitude toward work. Across the board, we are seeing members from every generation grateful to still be employed. For many members of Gen Y, this is a new development. In the past, a job was simply a stepping stone to another opportunity, and Gen Y is not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/04/why-gen-y-will-leave-your-organization-when-the-recession-ends/</link>
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		<title>Which Components of Culture Transcend Generations?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our Gen Y employees recently posed an interesting question. She said, “Since you talk about organizational adjustments that first should be made for Gen Y, I’m interested in knowing what types of things should not be changed or adjusted.” The question made me think about several talks that we have given about timeless [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/04/which-components-of-culture-transcend-generations/</link>
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		<title>Can You Opt Out of Hiring Gen Y?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days, I have heard a few managers from two different organizations talking about “not hiring twenty-somethings” for job openings that have occurred. Each of these managers have cited a “lack of basic common courtesy” as the reason for not bringing them on board. When we probed into the issue deeper, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/04/can-you-opt-out-of-hiring-gen-y/</link>
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		<title>Social Media, Baby Boomers, and Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A national magazine recently approached us for some comments regarding social media and Gen Y. One of their questions had me thinking about how Boomers’ and Xers’ prejudices may extend far beyond what I had originally thought. As a strategic planning consulting business, we are now seeing how managers’ prejudices toward Gen Y are negatively [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/04/social-media-baby-boomers-and-business/</link>
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		<title>Reaching Out Too Quickly: A Developmental Area for Gen Y?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we posted a conversation about some of my current prejudices toward Gen Y. Specifically, I am referring to my sense that Gen Y reaches out too quickly to their social networks to solve problems instead of spending time and energy critically thinking through the issue. It is my contention that reaching out too quickly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/04/reaching-out-too-quickly-a-developmental-area-for-gen-y/</link>
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		<title>Define: Flexibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Joseph Rudmon, professor at CMU is constantly reminding his students that English is a living language. Over the years, words change in meaning. Sometimes the changes are subtle; sometimes the changes are dramatic. One word we hear over and over in the workplace that has taken on a new meaning to Gen Y is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/03/define-flexibility/</link>
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		<title>Does Gen Y Require Too Much Support?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our organization, we challenge one another to make sure that our words and our actions align. Having become a Gen Y advocate, this sometimes causes me to feel a bit hypocritical. While I have tried to understand and be aware of my prejudices, sometimes they unconsciously surface. During a recent conversation, one of our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/03/does-gen-y-require-too-much-support/</link>
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		<title>From Street Cred to Unintended Consequences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have recently been told I have “street cred”. At this stage in my life and career, I never even imagined that I would need street cred for anything. But, as usual, I was wrong.   Allow me to explain. Recently one our employees noticed my new phone, the Droid, and was fascinated that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.genynow.com/2010/03/from-street-cred-to-unintended-consequences/</link>
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