Archives: August 2008

McCain's Pick Palin: Don't Disqualify Her for the Wrong Reasons

Posted by: Patricia O'Connell on August 29, Categories:

A friend--an educated, extremely successful executive who has spent her entire career in a male-dominated industry--I was talking to about McCain's pick of Sarah Palin--had a different take on the...

Can Palin Help McCain Close the Gap?

Posted by: Patricia O'Connell on August 29, Categories:

So, it appears that John McCain has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. "Young Governor Gets the Job" is the headline used on AOL.(On the bright side,...

FACEBOOK AND GENERATIONAL LEARNING

Posted by: Liz Ryan on August 27, Categories:

I wrote a column last year about how my teenage daughter was scandalized when she saw my profile on Facebook. "Gross!" was her verbatim reaction. I never joined Facebook to...

Obama: With Biden, Thinking Like a CEO

Posted by: Patricia O'Connell on August 23, Categories:

OK, I was wrong. I thought Barack Obama wouldn't pick fellow Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. I thought Obama would possibly practice age discrimination, because frankly, Biden, at...

Only 4 Hours a Month on Myspace?

Posted by: Patricia O'Connell on August 22, Categories:

"Generation Y, otherwise known as the MySpace generation, is typically a difficult demographic for marketers to reach through traditional advertising. Young adults in this group between the ages of 15...

ACCOMODATE = DISCRIMINATE? (WHAT'S YOUR TAKE?)

Posted by: Liz Ryan on August 20, Categories:

For twenty years I was a corporate HR VP, and I have the battle scars to prove it. Like clockwork, when I'd push to implement some HR program or other...

Will Humor Make Martha Appeal to Gen Y?

Posted by: Patricia O'Connell on August 13, Categories:

Martha Stewart is apparently having trouble connecting with younger audiences and has decided that making fun of herself is the way to go. She will be launching a new show...

Lowering the Boom-er Age

Posted by: Liz Ryan on August 13, Categories:

For ages I've had a problem with inclusion in the Baby Boomer generational grouping. I just wasn't feeling Howdy Doody or hippies. My older brother went to Woodstock. I stayed...

Is Gen Y Really Better at Their Jobs Than the Rest of Us?

Posted by: Patricia O'Connell on August 11, Categories:

I saw this entry on Penelope Trunk's blog from a twentysomething who contends that Gen Y is more productive than Gen X or Boomers....

The Tech Cred Gen Ten Problem

Posted by: Liz Ryan on August 08, Categories:

Ten years ago almost exactly, I had lunch with a lady about my age. We went to an outdoor cafe and whiled away a pleasant hour talking about work and...

The White-Haired Guy...

Posted by: Patricia O'Connell on August 07, Categories:

Or did Paris Hilton call McCain the gray-haired guy? (I can't remember and the video has since been taken down.) But all kidding aside it seems that there is sure...

That’s Not Fair! And Never Will Be

Posted by: David Stillman and Lynne Lancaster on August 06, Categories:

With orientation programs being revamped to resemble a day at a theme park, training programs are becoming more robust than a college curriculum, rewards programs rivaling Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes,...

Would We Fire Older Workers If We Could?

Posted by: Liz Ryan on August 05, Categories:

I went to grad school for Communication Studies in the early nineties. In our class of 20 was a young man from a small Asian country that I won't mention--he...

Too Young to Manage Me!

Posted by: Liz Ryan on August 01, Categories:

You talk to any working person, they say "I believe in meritocracy," but we still bristle at the idea of working for someone younger than we are. One of my...