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By Carol Phillips* “Oh man, I’d make a career out of the Muppets if I could. That’s my real dream job…” — Jason Potteiger, comment on The Next Great Generation Blog When the Founding Fathers wrote “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” I think they must have had Millennials in mind. For the framers, [...]

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By Sarah Newton There is no doubt that the work force has become so much more diverse in every way. From the amount of different generations, the retirement age higher than ever and the gap between young and old and their beliefs of and use of technology have created some big canyons that employers have [...]

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The Millennial Myth

By Sarah Newton We have long been fed the line that Millennials are disloyal employees who expect to work when they want and how they want, but new research could be knocking these long held myths on their head. The Price Waterhouse Coopers ‘Millennials at work’ research looks at the opinions and expectations of over [...]

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By Sarah Newton* I have noticed a rather worrying trend among young employees that I coach and that is their lack of resilience. Their inability to deal with the stress that can occur in a chaotic work environment, their inability to deal with negative comments from customers and colleagues and the worrying length of time [...]

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By Mauro Segura It was a big business, with thousands of employees.  As the grew they hired many young people, especially belonging to Generation Y.  One of the existing programs, was a welcome meeting, which occurred at least once a month.  New hires were called to the auditorium to watch presentations about the business, its [...]

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By Eline Kullock In my day (and yeah, this was during the time of dinosaurs), people were really careful when talking about other people. Talking badly about someone, could hurt someone. There’s a saying in Portuguese that says: “Loose words blowing in the wind, can never be taken back.” After all, words are like nails [...]

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By Mauro Segura This is a question that has always haunted me. It still does. The roots of the question go even deeper: what do I want to get out of life? This philosophical question should be a question everyone asks. I don’t believe in simply letting life take over, relying completely on destiny, and [...]

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By Ines Schinazi Don Tapscott is a visionary. He is the co-author of one of today’s best-selling Management books, “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.”  His avant-garde thinking has resulted in such brilliantly precocious works as his book about the Internet written in 1981, as well as his innovative vision of a collaborative workplace in [...]

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Catedral de Chartres – França – By Valéria Lima Por Eline Kullock It is with great pride that I think of my team.  The people who work hard and work with me.  Above all when I look back, I see how my business, Grupo Foco, started out.  And today on Oct 28th Grupo Foco celebrates [...]

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By Mauro Segura I know business executives who have been very successful in their own careers.  Yet they’ve faced tremendous difficulties in helping their kids as they embark on their own professional journey.  At this moment, all parents find themselves in the same boat.  It doesn’t matter if you’re got a PhD from Harvard, or [...]

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