Although a lot has been said about Generation Y in recent years, much of the discussion regarding this young group has stopped at simply describing what they are like and how motivate and engage them. Behind the symptoms, however, what is really driving many of the conflicts and misunderstandings between different generations in the workplace today? In this...

In creating HR Club Sydney, I’ve been very fortunate to be able to meet a number of very amazing and passionate individuals. I also regularly get invited to events that are happening in Sydney, and am free to write my thoughts on these topics. After all, I don’t make any money from HR Club Sydney, I’m not reliant on boosting traffic to my site and...

Over the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in the IBM “Smarter Work for a Smarter Government” Future Leaders Forum. The last session I blogged about included a combination of Government execs and their Gen Y representatives, talking about how it is that we can improve collaboration, productivity and efficiency in the government. In...

My better half actually spotted this article for me in the Business Spectator and there were a couple of things that I loved about it. 1) The fact that I have now trained my better half how to spot articles that include terms like ‘talent management’. 2) That flexibility in the workplace is no longer a luxury or for those who have ‘done their time’. I have...

Generational differences- is it something we should be focusing on now? There is a lot of talk about the different generations these days and how we in HR manage the situation. Previously, when employees held the power in the market we witnessed organisations scrambling to train their boomer and even Gen X Managers on how to manage Gen Y. Now since the GFC people...