What is your company’s mission? If you said it was to sell widgets or provide advice, you’re not going to be in the best position to attract millennial employees. That’s because many millennials are inspired to work when they know their company has a purpose beyond profits. In fact, more than half of college-educated millennials cite a “sense of purpose,” as part of the reason they chose to...

I got into Northwestern University despite far-from-perfect SAT scores and missing the valedictorian spot by one grade. If I were a millennial, I would have had much longer odds. Born in 1976, I’m a late Generation X-er and have had less competition for everything pretty much all my life. You’ve heard of Generation X. Due to plummeting fertility rates, the media called our birth years the 'baby bust.' Gen X i...

“Work isn’t supposed to be fun. It’s called ‘work’ for a reason!” Sound familiar? I’ve certainly heard comments like this from curmudgeonly colleagues over the years. I frequently hear people criticize millennials for wanting work to be “fun.” And the media likes to bombard us with millennial-bashing images of immature young people who expect a party every day, sch...

With greater numbers of individuals living longer, long term care is becomingly an increasingly vital consideration. Mapping out a way to afford the cost is another important action as well. Mark Stratis, senior financial planner for Szarka Financial explains to Tim Muma the different types of Long Term Care Policies that can help you and your loved ones. The information is not intended to be a substitute for specific...

You never know when an everyday encounter can turn into a magical – “play it forward, sideways, as well as up-and-down” – moment…like yesterday. I had just completed a first-time exploratory business meeting with a counselor colleague at a Panera’s restaurant. We were discussing the possibility of developing training and workshop and retreat programs. The meeting was pretty lively; a mutual sharing of experience and skil...

Take yourself back to the age of 6 or 7...what did you think work was all about? What did you want to be? It's tough to remember much from back then, so LJNRadio went to the kids themselves. Tim Muma interviewed a group of 1st grade students from St. Jacobi Lutheran School in Greenfield, Wisconsin. He collected all sorts of insight from the kids, including concepts of work, skewed versions of what their parents do, and the...

Just when we start to figure out millennials, everyone starts looking ahead. Don’t get me wrong: I still spend the majority of my time helping leaders think about millennials and the opportunities and challenges they bring to the workplace. But, more and more I’m getting questions about Gen Z, the generation that comes after millennials. I wrote about Gen Z earlier this year, but thought I’d revisit the topic since it seems...

How can you take 75 million people and say they have anything in common? In other words, how can you take one “generation,” with each person having individual likes and dislikes, quirks, history and background, and treat them as one big, uniform group?You know where I’m going with this: I’m talking about millennials. In my work, I identify characteristics about generations that can help groups of people work more effectivel...

While it's often not seen as intentional, age discrimination occasionally rears its ugly head when organizations are looking to hire new employees. There are often clues in one's resume that indicates a candidate is older than the rest of the potential hires. Marc Miller, founder of Career Pivot and author of "Repurpose Your Career - A Practical Guide for Baby Boomers," joins Tim Muma to help mature workers avoid sounding t...

The look and sound of leadership has been evolving for some time, and many subscribe to the idea of "influential leadership" as a more effective tactic in today's work environment. Carol Vallone Mitchell is the co-founder of Talent Strategy Partners and author of "Breaking Through 'Bitch' - How Women Can Shatter Stereotypes and Lead Fearlessly." She talks with Tim Muma about the role influential leadership plays in today's...