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age based microaggressions

1 week ago

Age-Based Microaggressions: The One Phrase You Need to Squash Them

Have you ever thought about age-based microaggressions? Microaggression | mi·cro·ag·gres·sion /ˈmīkrōəˌɡreSHən/ noun a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of…

Here’s to the Cuspers: Born Between Generations

3 months ago

Twice this week I’ve been asked about the cuspers: those born at the very beginning or very end of a…

Quiet Quitting is Not the Problem For Gen Z and Work

4 months ago

This is Gen Z & Quiet Quitting Is Not The Problem Gen Z (or the Zoomers, as I still vehemently…

The Hotmail Generation: What could your email address say about your age?

6 months ago

Several months ago, I received a call from a leader who wanted to invite me to speak to his organization.…

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Pete Buttigieg, Pilots, and the Continuing Myth of the Zero-Sum Age Game

7 months ago

In case I wasn’t clear the first time, I am not in favor of raising the mandatory retirement age for…

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How The Princess Bride Can Help With Your Generational Return-to-Office Strategies

8 months ago

Something interesting is happening. With the momentum of our Harvard Business Review article that came out in March, and the…

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Harnessing Age Diversity Training: Introducing Gentelligence Academy

11 months ago

We’re taking major strides towards making age diversity training the norm in 2022! I am so honored to share that…

Successful Teams Need These 3 Things

1 year ago

Here’s a secret: left to their own devices, intergenerational teams will not naturally become successful teams. Research backs this up:…

Resisting Assumptions: What’s a Landline?

1 year ago

I have to tell you a story regarding generational assumptions. Recently I received a voicemail from my friend Ty, a…

About Generational Categories -What Everyone is Getting Wrong

1 year ago

Every few years, new thought pieces emerge claiming that getting rid of generational categories is the solution to ending harmful…

Generational Differences: 5 Questions You Should be Asking Right Now

1 year ago

Greetings! My blog has been quiet lately, but conversations about generational differences have been popping up all over the world! …

Gentelligence is Everywhere These Days: Can you see it?

2 years ago

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Thoreau I’ve barely been able to keep up…

Gentelligence: About “Those Millennials”…

2 years ago

Happy New Year! 2021 is the Year of Gentelligence. The book is coming out in June. and I’m dedicating this…

Getting Published: What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part IV)

2 years ago

Gentelligence is Getting Published. It’s not published yet, but I’ve seen the proofs and we are in the midst of…

Must-Know Advice on Creating Your Book Proposal: What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part III)

2 years ago

I know, I just left you hanging. Right in the middle of finding an agent. That was horrible of me.…

The Agent & The Query: What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part II)

2 years ago

As the infamous Kenny Rogers once said, “You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know…

What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part I)

2 years ago

Megan Gerhardt shares how she began writing the book Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce.

The Gentelligence Cover Reveal: Judging a Book by Its Cover

2 years ago

It’s been a long time coming. For those of you who have been following along, we received a publishing offer…