The End Result Blog

Diversity awareness has been a part of organizational culture and growth for many years. Now, generational diversity – the wide breadth of ages in today’s workforce – is becoming an area of strategic opportunity for organizations of all sizes. When looking at an organization through the lens of those born in different eras, it becomes clear that each bring different thoughts, expectations, work habits, and experiences to the job. Getting managers to understand and appreciate those differences can help companies maximize the talents of each demographic.  It’s a natural process to at first oppose that which is not familiar, but in the case of so many Millennials, also known as Gen Y, entering today’s workforce, resisting is the worst possible strategy. Increasingly, progressive companies are launching enterprise-wide initiatives to address….

The Millennials ability to build social online communities is a resource whose implications have not yet been fully felt in corporate America. Millennials have learned how to leverage technology to create communities that support their needs. For example, the site: RateMyProfessors.com is dedicated to sharing who are the great college teachers, how campuses rank according to faculty and info about why they are, or are not great teachers. This site has been online since 1999 and currently offers ratings on college and university professors from over 6,000 schools across the United States, Canada, England, Scotland and Wales with thousands of new ratings added each day. Millennials need for information and transparency has become part of their DNA. If these sites don’t exist, they create them to share what they know….