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Is Entitlement Among Millennials Overblown? | Co.Design | business + design - 0 views

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    By Eric Jaffe Shared by Keeley Sorokti, MSLOC alumna "By now we're all familiar with the stereotypes of different generations in the workplace. Boomers are workaholics who respect authority and have a lifelong loyalty to their company. Generation X employees prize a work-life balance. Millennials float from job to job and flaunt managerial authority and are too busy texting to care what you think of that. Given the popular consensus about office generational gaps--and the abundance of advice columns on bridging them--you'd think evidence for these traits would be strong. That's not at all the case, says management scholar John Bret Becton of University of Southern Mississippi. "We're always looking for a reason why people are different," Becton tells Co.Design. "But at least half of the research shows there's really not a lot of difference.""
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Learning and Organizational Change Digest - April 2014 :: Master's in Learnin... - 0 views

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    In This Issue Think Differently: How can organizations prepare change leaders for VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity)? Community Buzz - The power of being mindful in the workplace - Talent Management: Looking beyond the resume MSLOC Community Snapshots - People on the Move
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    In This Issue Think Differently: How can organizations prepare change leaders for VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity)? Community Buzz - The power of being mindful in the workplace - Talent Management: Looking beyond the resume MSLOC Community Snapshots - People on the Move
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Learning and Change - Community - Google+ - 0 views

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    This community is a venture of the Master's Program in Learning & Organizational Change at Northwestern University. We are scholar practitioners exploring topics at the intersection of learning and change - and how best to prepare workplace leaders and learners for the future.
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The Importance of Being Mindful - 1 views

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    By Art Kleiner in strategy+business | booz&co. March 11, 2014 Shared by Eric Fridman, MSLOC Student "The idea of using mindfulness as a guide to better business practices has taken on such currency as a management fad lately that it already has a detractor: The New Republic's Silicon Valley curmudgeon, Evgeny Morozov. Known for his skepticism about Internet-fueled democracy, Morozov has penned a new article called "The Mindfulness Racket," in which he claims that workplace meditation-the leading edge of the fad-is a weak substitute for the substantial change that businesses really need. "
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In the Workplace, Leaders Who Aren't Always Followed - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Author: Phyllis Korkki Date: April 12, 2014 Shared by: Jessica Catz, MSLOC Student Who really makes the changes in an organization? It's not always the people with the highest executive titles. A growing body of research has pointed to the importance of informal leaders known to researchers as "brokers," who have the gift of connecting employees in productive new ways.
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Job Hunting? Look For Employers That Care About Your Future - TalentCulture - 0 views

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    Author: Chris Boyce February 11, 2014 Shared by Michelle Bavester, MSLOC Student If wellness programs aren't on your "must have" list, you may want to reconsider. The evidence is mounting. Companies committed to workforce wellness - particularly those committed to total quality of life at work and at home - are likely to be your best bet.
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