A recent survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting indicated that executives in large companies are more concerned about their Gen Y employees jumping ship than their Gen X employees. Hmm, sounds like that could be a problem for those employers who are guilty of making that assumption.

Why?  Well a companion survey of employees found that only about 37 percent of Gen Xers said they planned to stay in their current jobs after the recession ends, compared with 44 percent of Gen Yers, 50 percent of baby boomers and 52 percent of senior citizen workers who said the same.

This information is consistent with what we see and hear when conducting our Generations in the Workplace workshop. More and more we are hearing from Gen Y’s that they want to stay put while Gen X employees are feeling more disgruntled than ever. Gen X’ers are filling a very important gap in the workplace as a bridge between the boomers and the Y’ers. Employers who lose significant numbers of these individuals will find themselves finding it more and more difficult to be competitive in the workplace as the economy turns around.

If you would like more information on the generations in the workplace contact FutureDecisions regarding our workshop on the four generations in the workplace, “From the Typewriter to Texting – Understanding Four Generations in the Workplace”.

We have all read about various workplace related incidents that have been blamed on stress in the workplace but we at FutureDecisions LLC recently saw an article that exceeds anything we had previously run across.

According to an article on the CNN website France Telecom has been experiencing a rash of suicides and attempted suicides. There have been 24 suicides and 13 attempted suicides among France Telecom employees since the beginning of 2008! Much of the angst of France Telecom employees is due to the high level of uncertainty they are experiencing.

Sound familiar? Are your employees experiencing a high level of anxiety due to uncertainty? While their anxiety may not manifest itself in the form of suicide changes at the least they probably less productive than you would like.

What is the number one action you can take to lower the anxiety levels of your employees? Communicate, communicate, communicate! The more information they have the less time and effort they will take making up things about what might be, or not. Even if the news is not good it is better to share than to make them guess.

To read the entire CNN article click here.

A friend of FutureDecisions LLC brought to our attention a recent survey that was conducted by a major staffing firm.

The survey results make several interesting  points but one in particular caught our attention here at FutureDecisions world headquarters.

We hear from many potential clients that they do not see a reason to be involved in any sort of workforce/succession planning as the unemployment rate is so high they can easily replace anyone who leaves. Think again.

The aforementioned survey, which was conducted with over 500 hiring managers and 500 workers found a whopping 47% of hiring managers surveyed cited under-qualified applicants as their most common hiring challenge! Furthermore, this same group stated that on average 44% of resumes they receive are from under-qualified candidates!

We believe that these numbers provide further evidence of the need to aggressively pursue workforce/succession strategies in your organization starting now.

To assist with getting started we would strongly recommend purchasing our new book: “FutureDecisions: Workforce/Succession Planning for the Perpetually Busy”. The book provides a road map to workforce/succession planning along with over 40 down-loadable worksheets to assist in facilitating your efforts.

If you would like additional information on our services please do not hesitate to contact us at: info@futuredecisions.com

Wow, we are so pleased to announce that our new book on workforce/succession planning is finally available! We have been working on it for a long time and are so proud to now be able to announce it has finally been published.

The book is a comprehensive guide to workforce/succession planning in an easy to read format. When you purchase the book you also are provided the opportunity to download all the worksheets in the book in a standard 8.5×11 format.

To learn more about our newest member of the family check out our book page for additional information and ordering instructions. If you are involved in workforce/succession planning for your organization this handy book is a must read.

Did you know that we here at FutureDecisions corporate headquarters have written a book on workforce/succession planning? Well we have and the amazingly clever title is:

” FutureDecisions: Workforce Succession Planning for the Perpetually Busy”

The book is a comprehensive guide for creating a complete workforce and/or succession plan for your organization. We will share more about the book as we get closer to having it available for distribution. It should be in the publishers hands within a couple of weeks and available for purchase on our website and elsewhere within the next couple of months!

Stay tuned to this blog for additional information over the coming weeks.