Tamara J. Erickson
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Books
Retire
Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation
Workforce
Crisis:
How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent
Ken Dychtwald,
Tamara J. Erickson,
Robert Morison
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the book>>
Third
Generation R & D: Managing the Link to Corporate Strategy
Philip A. Roussel,
Kamal N. Saad,
Tamara J. Erickson
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the book>>
Articles
Breakthrough Ideas for 2008: "Task,
Not Time"
February 2008
Harvard Business Review
Eight
Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
November 2007
Harvard Business Review
Bridging Faultlines in Diverse Teams
Summer 2007
MIT Sloan Management Review
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My focus is on the changing workforce and the emerging workplace. I look for innovative ways to improve the relationship between individuals and organizations, and, in so doing, powerfully enhance productivity and innovation. I explore how technology is changing the way work gets done and facilitating the creation of a more humane work environment. My view of the future is grounded in extensive research on changing demographics, employee values and, most recently, on how successful organizations collaborate and innovate.
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New Perspectives
There is a lot happening in our world - and particularly in our
work world. Some people view that with a sense of dread, but I don't.
Tremendous opportunities are ahead for both individuals
and corporations - if you're ready to take advantage of the shifts underway
and adapt your approaches and practices.
I'd love to share this fundamentally optimistic point of view - along
with some fascinating trends and actionable counsel - with you and your
organization. I speak about the changing workforce, shifting generational
values, innovative approaches to engagement, and counter-intuitive
paths to collaboration and innovation. I also design forward-thinking
executive education, focused on skills we will all need for success in
the next generation enterprise. And I'm always doing new research to develop
new insights.
My weekly blog, "Across
the Ages" is on the Harvard Business School Publishing
site. I share my thoughts about how the talent shortage and shifting employee
values are creating opportunities for individuals - and challenges for
corporations that aren't prepared!
Join the conversation»
Speeches & Workshops
Many groups are looking for a way to bring the trends and issues of work
and the workforce into focus - for forums for gaining consensus for action.
My speeches and workshops are designed to do just that. With humor - and
a clear discussion of the interplay among generational attitudes, new
technologies, and changing demographics - I help you "turn on the light
bulb" within your group and, at the appropriate time, work through the
ideas and approaches best suited to meet your organization's shifting
needs.
I am available for speaking engagements on these and other related topics:
Avoiding the Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming
Shortage of Skills and Talent: Shifting demographics, educational
patterns that don't match the needs of the new economy, and employees
with new expectations for work are creating a talent crunch. Taking pragmatic
steps today will insure you have access to the skills you need.
What Are They Thinking?! Why the Generations Clash
in the Workplace: The four generations in today's workforce each have
different assumptions about how the world works. Understanding the teen
experiences that influenced current attitudes and behaviors creates empathy
and provides practical insights on engaging each generation.
They're Here! Generation Y Enters the Workforce:
Generation Y - the Millennials - may be confounding many managers, but
their unique perspectives will bring innovative ideas to the workplace
- how to work asynchronously, through coordination rather than planning,
collaboratively, and alone. New approaches will engage and retain them.
What Does It Mean to Work Here? A Signature
Experience for Extraordinary Engagement: Everyone is measuring engagement,
but efforts to improve it can be frustrating. The key is understanding
the role of work in your employees' lives and creating an employee experience
that leverages your firm's unique strengths.
Innovation & Collaboration: Bringing
People and Ideas Together: Leaders must do three things to create
an environment of innovation and collaboration - develop strong social
networks throughout the organization, ask great questions, and introduce
disruptive insights. Extensive research shows the best ways to do all
three.
The "Next Generation" Enterprise:
Is the Way We Work Really Changing? Much has changed since the days
of the dot.com crash. Technology has continued to improve -- sophisticated
search capabilities, data merging, forums to capture conversations and
wisdom. And, the associated social changes have been perhaps even more
dramatic -- individuals' growing comfort with online activities. What
does this mean for the ways we work?
Transforming Your People Management Capabilities: HR leaders need
new skills - financial acumen, branding savvy and sophisticated approaches
for dealing with uncertainty. Building these capabilities - with creative
curricula designed specifically for HR leaders - provides insights into
today's people management challenges.
Leading Today's Next Generation Enterprise: As companies evolve
from hierarchical, top-down organizations, they require new types of leaders
- collaborators, designers, technology adopters, teachers, and entrepreneurs.
Developing these leaders require innovative approaches.
Contact Jacqueline Lewis at Monitor Talent about future
speaking engagements»
617-252-2022
Building Executive Capabilities:
Education|
Education is the catalyst for the Next
Generation Enterprise: developing new leadership skills, attracting and
retaining talent, transforming organizational capabilities, while creating
alignment and mobilizing action.
My colleagues and I at nGenera are committed to designing and delivering
executive education thatt expands our clients' management capabilities,
sharpens their strategic focus, and increases their capacity for rapid
learning.
» Offering our clients new approaches to building new individual skills and capabilities and for instilling new ways of working
» Building a platform of readily inter-connectable capabilities for the efficient, effective, and differentiated design and delivery of developmental services
» Leveraging proprietary competency models and assessment tools, educational design skills, best-in-class off-the-shelf offerings, extraordinary execution capabilities, SaaS-based tools to guide and measure long-term change, certifications and, where appropriate, a subscription-based approach.
The nGen Education Difference
The best of the best instructors and discussion leaders
» Unlike an academic institution, we are not limited to using faculty from only one institution - we tap the best of the best from around the world and continually identify new talent and fresh approaches.New ideas and thought leadership
» Unlike most commercial firms specializing in education, our significant commitment to research provides an innovative base for our program design and delivery - proprietary competency models and leading-edge approaches. We specialize in transformation - programs designed to build new skills and reinforce new ways of working.An approach based on creative customization and extraordinary execution
» We specialize in customization that places the concepts in the context of your business and reinforces your employee brand experience. Our execution is extraordinary.An innovative platform approach
» Our elaborate web technology provides flexible, on-demand options for enhanced learning, including peer-to-peer dialogue, measurement, certification and tracking
Contact me to discuss programs for you and other leaders in your organization»
Exploring New Challenges: Research
I'm excited - so many great questions to explore,
conversations to hold, and new ideas to share - and never enough time!
I'd love to collaborate with you this year - briefly or at length - to
exchange perspectives or investigate an issue we both care about.
I am currently leading a research project that is part of our overall
Talent 2.0 program. I would love to have your company join us as a sponsor
and you as a collaborator.
Engaging and Assessing N-Gen Talent: Approaches for Recruiting and
Hiring the Right N-Gens
Sign them up! In order to hire the best talent in the marketplace, organizations
will be required to address three primary areas. First, companies will
need to articulate a unique employee value proposition for prospective
employees; second, they must develop a non-traditional set of channels
and approaches to engage potential talent; and third, they will need to
develop the internal capability of HR and line-of-business leaders to
competently evaluate and assess talent.
To join the coallboration, contact
me»
To learn more about the broad range of research underway: www.ngenera.com
About Me
My most recent work has focused on the changing workforce,
but my career has revolved around building and managing successful, innovative
organizations.
Early on I was fascinated by the challenge of developing strategy when
R&D success determined a firm's strategic options. This lead to my first
book Third
Generation R&D and then to many years of helping organizations
become more innovative, including a dive into systems thinking and organizational
learning.
I've always loved technology, fascinated by how it changes the way we
work and live. Today, the interplay between what new technologies will
allow - and what human beings really prefer - will dramatically re-shape
our organizations.
Our ongoing research on the changing workforce began by looking at demographic
trends and then at how corporations can most effectively "engage" these
employees - capture hearts and minds.
Most recently, I partnered with a team at London Business School
to conduct what I'm told is the largest and most rigorous study of collaborative
behavior within organizations and how it supports innovation. So, it's
a full circle - with continuing themes of understanding the forces changing
organizations, capturing people's passions, and becoming more innovative.
Learn more about Tammy»
About nGenera
nGenera
delivers total on-demand solutions for next generation enterprises.
Through its offerings in Agile Talent, Agile & Collaborative Technology,
and Customer-Driven Innovation, nGenera works with forward-thinking companies
to help them achieve sustainable success in today's hyper-competitive
global economy.
nGenera's platform of total on-demand solutions
features Software-as-a-Service applications, which are integrated with
research, education, advisory services and innovative processes
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