Tammy Erickson of Harvard Business Online recently wrote about the changes that may be coming as a result of baby boomers reaching retirement age. I’ve written about how the workplace may need to become more flexible to avoid the “brain drain” that would occur as more mature and experienced workers leave their companies. Erickson’s prediction […]
Can Being Too Happy Hurt Your Career?
From BusinessWeek, February 11, 2008… Researchers from several large universities determined that people who rate themselves as an 8 on a happiness scale of 10 (ten being the most happy), actually achieve and earn more than those who top out at a 10.  So, why are the slightly less happy workers doing better than their […]
Baby Boomers Retire – Possible Impact for the Rest of Us!
An article in the January 14th issue of The Wall Street Journal suggested that companies prepare for looming baby boomer retirements by, among other things, offering flexible work schedules in an effort to retain older employees and avoid a worker shortfall. The AARP’s website reports that by 2014, 32% of the U.S. workforce will be 50 […]
Are you a workaholic?
In Five Signals that You May Be a Workaholic, an article by Dana Mattioli for Career Journal.com,, she outlines several criteria to help determine if you are, indeed, a workaholic, or if you are just doing your job. The criteria: You are preoccupied with work. You are always dwelling on your job and can’t “turn […]