Yesterday I offered up links that explored what’s happening currently with the more than 70 million Americans known far and wide as Boomers.
Their effect would have been substantial based on numbers alone, but add in enough attitude to power a rocket to Mars and it has been/still is/will be inescapable.
Still being in a quasi-nostalgic mood this Sunday, I thought I’d share with you the Battle Hymn of the Baby Boomers.
Those of you born after 1964 would do well to accept that the Boomers aren’t going to go away any time soon—nor are they going to sit quietly in a corner …read more

Boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, have been in the forefront of everything that’s happened in the country from the time they were born and that’s not changing any time soon.
So what’s up with the generation that changed the world, marched to end a war, protested for equal rights, overturned sexual mores, ushered in consumerism and turned on to drugs and rock and roll?
Harvard believes they are still the future and to that end has set up the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative “to lead significant systemic change in education, health care, community development, and the environment.”
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Post from Leadership Turn Image credit: lusi
This is a summing up in a series discussing whether Warren Bennis’ 13 differences between leaders and managers still holds in light of today’s modern workforce.
In a comment on the prequel to this series Phil Gerbyshak said, “I agree wholeheartedly that great managers have BOTH qualities…though I know plenty of average managers who don’t have either. I’d like it required that managers have at least one half of Bennis’ qualities in order to lead a team. Is that too much to strive for?”
On day one Nii said, “Regarding the differences between a manager …read more