Here is a thought experiment. Picture each of these situations in your mind: a book club meeting in a coffee shop, people at a table at local bar on a Friday evening, a meeting in a downtown office building. What do these pictures have in common? Are the people in the...
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist, is getting lots of press lately for her leadership of the global youth climate movement. Her detractors often imply that she is too young to have an opinion worth listening to. There is ageism at every age. This...
We have all heard our generation, whatever it is, put down as a group. “Millennials all think that . . .” “If only the Baby Boomers were not all so . . .” We even do it to ourselves, especially when it is to our advantage. “Our generation had to sacrifice to...
We should be thinking differently about hiring older workers. But, first, we need to challenge our assumptions. Here are five things you may not know about older workers: 1. Older workers still want to work Not everyone wants to retire. Let’s get rid of the picture of...
We need older workers in the workforce. Ever heard of the “Lump of Labor Fallacy”? Perhaps not the name, but maybe the idea. The argument goes something like, “if you add more people to the workforce – or if people don’t leave it – there will be fewer jobs left for...
