Tag: generational differences

Webinar Wrap-up: Engaging Employees from a Distance

By on Thursday, May 28, 2020

The term “employee engagement” made its first appearance in an academic journal in 1990. Since then, the concept has evolved and transformed; while some organizations take it as a serious imperative, for others, it’s become a loose catchall term for anything from a fitness center to a foosball table. In the midst of the current […]

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Researching Resilience: What Distinguishes Leaders Who Roll with the Punches?

By on Thursday, April 23, 2020

At the 2019 SIOP conference, my MRG colleague Maria Brown led a symposium entitled Preparing for Generation Z. The purpose of the symposium was to discuss how generations may differ, and provide recommendations on managing those differences. It was an engaging session with an overarching message that we don’t hear very often: science doesn’t indicate […]

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Bringing Buried Treasure to the Surface: Creating the MRG Knowledge Base

By on Thursday, February 27, 2020

“Content.”  It’s a word that has taken on a different meaning in the digital age. In marketing, it’s come to distinguish content marketing – information people actually want to have (expertise, instruction, research, guides) – from the junk they’d rather do without. When I arrived at MRG a few years ago, what I found was […]

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What Curious Coaches Want to Know: the Top Research Topics of 2019

By on Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Somehow, bewilderingly, we’re already entering the final month of 2019. The year’s end always offers ample opportunity for reflection – what did we accomplish? What did we learn? What are we still seeking? Unsurprisingly, MRG is a particularly reflective environment, and as we close out the year, we ask those questions not only personally, but […]

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Finding Energy Across Generations (and on the Road)

By on Tuesday, November 27, 2018

2018 has been an exceptionally busy year, in part because I’ve had the privilege and opportunity to spend so much time with members of the MRG community all over the world. . What a joy it is to come together and learn from each other! Earlier this month, I headed to Toronto, where I had […]

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