When dealing with wide range of ages, mutual respect is key

Great info from the Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2007/07/22/when_dealing_with_wide_range_of_ages_mutual_respect_is_key/

MEEI and Dr. Hartnick in the News

This is the "real world" with our multigenerationals
MEEI and Dr. Christopher Hartnick were featured last night on WCVB's Channel 5 News in a story about a procedure that helps children with breathing problems. Called a tonsillotomy, this surgery reduces the size of swollen tonsils without removing all of the tonsils. In return a tonsillotomy can help children breathe easier and recover faster. The piece was syndicated and shown across the country in areas such as Denver, Colo., Phoenix, Ariz., Pittsburg, Pa., San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, Calif. If you missed the story last night, you can view it online at http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/13754257/detail.html

Job Satisfaction

Someone on my live journal friends list recently asked, “are there actually people out there who enjoy their job?” I felt obliged to answer that I do.
Try this “job satisfaction checklist”.
http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2007/02/18/job_satisfaction

Today AdSense, ClustrMap and Newsreel were added to my blog--looking forward to where this will take my blogging, too. If anyone told me I would be enjoying this 2 months ago--my response would have been' "no way"-but look at where we have gone with this class. Thanks everyone, have a great week-end

vacation break

As I pack today--many classmates blogs have helped in my preparation--the Wedding Planner as we will attend a wedding on the cape, sunscreen for the skin,baseball caps and sunglasses to protect us from melanoma and other skin cancers, CAM for relaxation, pillow fights and sunsets on Cape Cod and also my own blog of the Multi generational Workforce. My own Gen Y's are always "in need of a day off" while the Baby Boomers in my family truly NEED the time off both mentally and physically-so off to re-group, relax,enjoy a wedding, my family and the Cape! Keep Blogging and thanks for all the education from your blogs.
The vacation relaxation technique
If you are lucky enough to take a relaxing vacation... sit on the beach... read a book... go to a show... dance... laugh... exercise... frolic... laugh some more...
Then you are getting much closer to actually helping your body be strong.
http://www.sunsetvideo.org/vacation-relaxation-technique.html

The Most-Praised Generation Goes to Work

Workers under 40 require far more stroking. They often like "trendy, name-brand merchandise" as rewards, but they also want near-constant feedback. "It's not enough to give praise only when they're exceptional, because for years they've been getting praise just for showing up," he says.
Wall Street Journal Online Article April 20,2007

How leaders can connect with Gen Y

Blog and article on Gen Y's--I was googling vacations + Gen Y's when I found this
What to do? Get to work developing relationships with the stars of tomorrow – Generation Y.
Happy Sunday morning coffee to everyone
http://www.edn.com/blog/1230000323/post/1120009912.html?nid=3585

Job Satisfaction--Why your life isn't a bowl of cherries

Dated but good article on nursing...
GRUMPY CLINICIANS at the bedside can translate into high turnover, unhappy patients, and lower quality of care. But the solution may lie less in pay and perks than in redefining the control and influence that nurses and other clinicians wield in their daily work, according to researchers and managers.
http://www.nurseweek.com/features/97-10/jobsatis.html

'Helicopter' parents hover when kids job hunt

Another new dimension with the Multigenerational workforce
Employers are finding that parents are increasingly involved in their children's job choices, as "helicopter parenting" extends to the workplace.
As Generation Y enters the job force, parents of new hires are calling employers to negotiate salary and benefits, and some are even showing up at job fairs. It's a new dynamic that has some employers responding by training recruiters and managers how to handle "helicopter parents," who hover over their children's lives.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2007-04-23-helicopter-parents-usat_N.htm

The Legacy of Leadership —Succession Planning in Nursinghttp://http://www.nursingspectrum.com/CareerManagement/Articles/Legacy_pw2005.htm

The continuing nursing shortage adds additional dimensions to any thoughtful plan for ongoing leadership in nursingnurse leaders today need to consider succession planning at two levels. They need to ask not only, “Who will succeed me in my current role and carry on the initiatives I have led?” but also, “What can nurse leaders do to encourage leadership development in the profession at large?”
http://http://www.nursingspectrum.com/CareerManagement/Articles/Legacy_pw2005.htm