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The Needs and Frustrations of Midcareer Workers: Why the Boomer Bottleneck Disrupts Productivity
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara J.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-2246BC-EReal opportunities for employers to rekindle their midcareer workers exist, but to reengage these valuable employees, employers must understand and recognize the crisis points this cohort experiences at mid-life and mid-career. This chapter provides a portrait of midcareer workers, and illustrates how organizations can reengage this employee constituency through management attention and the application of existing career management techniques. -
The End of Retirement: How to Optimize the Services of Mature Workers
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara J.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-2245BC-ETo safeguard and expand your company's talent supply, your workforce strategy absolutely must include specific plans for employing more mature workers, including those already past the conventional retirement age. This chapter focuses on three fundamental ways to begin changing your workforce strategy. -
Managing Middlescence
Morison, Robert; Erickson, Tamara; Dychtwald, KenArticle HBS-R0603E-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. They make up more than half your workforce. They work longer hours than anyone else in your company. From their ranks come most of your top managers. They're your mid-career employees, the solid citizens between the ages of 35 and 55 whom you bank on for their loya...Starting at €6.75
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The Manager's Agenda for Change: Setting Strategies in Motion to Avert a Workforce Crisis
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara J.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-2256BC-EOrganizations that adapt to the evolving workforce mix early and effectively will attract and retain better talent and thus hold a competitive advantage, turning the potential threat of labor and skills shortages into realized opportunities. This chapter addresses core questions for corporate leadership in developing a coherent and ongoing workforce strategy that will position their organization for tomorrow's labor market and improve performance... -
The Needs and Attitudes of Young Workers: Why the Best of the Young Keep Leaving
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara J.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-2248BC-EThe young worker cohort has shrunk dramatically over the last two decades as a proportion of the workforce, increasing demand for young workers. This chapter focuses on what organizations can do to beat the odds-and the competition-in retaining young workers. -
The Diverse and Demanding New Workforce: Why You Need a New Workforce Strategy
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara J.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-2243BC-EWe cannot avoid skills and worker shortages entirely, but these shortages are inevitable only for organizations that fail to anticipate workforce changes and adjust in time. This chapter outlines today's increasingly diverse workforce, emphasizing that the management techniques needed to accommodate tomorrow's labor market can be applied now to improve business performance, cost structures, and employee retention. -
Managing Middlescence
Morison, Robert; Erickson, Tamara; Dychtwald, KenArticle HBS-R0603ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. They make up more than half your workforce. They work longer hours than anyone else in your company. From their ranks come most of your top managers. They're your mid-career employees, the solid citizens between the ages of 35 and 55 whom you bank on for their loya...Starting at €6.75
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It's Time to Retire Retirement
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara; Morison, BobArticle HBS-R0403CLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Companies have focused so much on downsizing to contain costs that they've largely neglected a looming threat to their competitiveness: a severe shortage of talented workers. The general population is aging and with it, the labor pool. People are living longer, hea...Starting at €6.75
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It's Time to Retire Retirement
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara; Morison, BobArticle HBS-R0403C-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Companies have focused so much on downsizing to contain costs that they've largely neglected a looming threat to their competitiveness: a severe shortage of talented workers. The general population is aging and with it, the labor pool. People are living longer, hea...Starting at €6.75
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The Coming Shortage of Skills and Labor: How a Brain Drain Threatens Your Organization's Performance
Dychtwald, Ken; Erickson, Tamara J.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-2242BC-EDue to the convergence of three important demographic realities--the disproportionate size of the baby boom generation, increasing longevity, and declining birthrates--an unprecedented shift in the age distribution of the population, and more specifically, the labor force, is under way. According to the authors, few large organizations are really prepared for this transformation of the workforce. This chapter outlines the impending workforce cris...