This summer, I was honored to attend the World Future Society’s annual conference, World Future 2013: Exploring the Next Horizon, as a presenter, an author, and a journalist. My talk, “Visionaries Have Wrinkles: Serving the Generation Who Will Change the World . . . Again,” was timely for this audience of Futurists. The futuring profession […]
Archives for October 2013
Lean In . . . or Out?
By now, you’ve probably heard of and perhaps read Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. In her book as in countless articles, women are advised to do this or do that to close the various gender inequalities in the workplace—in promotions (particularly to executive and board positions), […]
Mental Health and Older Adults
Guest post by Hershal Pandya, Project Officer, International Federation on Ageing (IFA) Visit the ifa blog here: http://www.ifa-fiv.org/news/blog/ Last Week (October 10th, 2013) marked the occasion of World Mental Health Day as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH). This year’s theme is “Mental Health and Older Adults.” […]
The Multigenerational Workplace
I’m always thrilled to see articles addressing age-based stereotypes in the workplace, not only those that mischaracterize 50+ women and men but also those that lump all Millennials together, or all Gen X’ers. Haydn Shaw, at Huffington Post, offers some useful advice and perspective on how multiple generations can get along better in the workplace. […]
Ageless
We’re all aware that each generation tends to live longer than the ones before, and we might have noticed also that each generation looks and acts younger at a particular age than previous generations at that same age. Yet our mindset about what it means to be 30, 40, 50, 60, and beyond tends to […]
Viewing the Future through Youth-Colored Glasses
In a recent piece on Forbes, Jason Nazar speculates on the future of business and entrepreneurship. I agree with many of his points, but I think his biases color his judgment on some points, particularly regarding age. His fourth point reveals how ingrained ageism is in our society, to the point where stereotypes linger despite […]
Your Social Edge
Whether you’re thinking of re-careering or starting a business, or you just want to rev up your existing career or business, recent trends point to a way 50+ women especially can capitalize on their strengths. Online recruiter Jobvite has reported that 94% of recruiters use or plan to use social media to find candidates. Although […]
Work Reimagined Pledge
Most of us know that the stereotypes about 50+ workers are usually the opposite of the truth: We actually have lower absentee rates and greater job performance and problem-solving ability, largely due to experience—on the job and in life. But employers who consciously or unconsciously believe the stereotypes won’t hire the workers who would prove […]
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