Soapbox – Beyond Advocacy
The challenge of presenting a conference keynote gave me the chance to consolidate some of my thinking about different approaches being taken to the ageing of the workforce and…
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Soapbox – Beyond Advocacy
Engaging and Retaining Older Workers
A discussion paper produced by the Australian Institute of Management and released in February 2013. Read the report here.AIM-Engaging-retaining-older-workers The paper identifies four opportunities FIRST OPPORTUNITY: INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY Successful organisations…
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Engaging and Retaining Older Workers
Over 60s must keep working as Britain ‘is running out of workers’
Businesses are being told to change their attitude to employees in their 50s and 60s or be left behind with a looming shortage of qualified staff. Older workers should be…
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Over 60s must keep working as Britain ‘is running out of workers’
Soapbox – Debunking the Gen X, Gen Y Myth
I continue to hear people talk about Gen X and Gen Y as if they are distinct categories of the population. The notion of distinct generational categories has mainly stemmed…
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Soapbox – Debunking the Gen X, Gen Y Myth
Soapbox – Head in the Sand
So what does a Prime Minister and a government with its head in the sand look like? If nothing else the New Zealand governments response to two recent reports on…
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Soapbox – Head in the Sand