Generation Y: Thriving and Surviving With Generation Y at Work [Paperback]

Peter Sheahan (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740663179
• ISBN-13: 978-1740663175
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,095,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Peter Sheahan is known internationally for inspiring innovative business thinking and creating lasting behavior change. He has established himself as a highly successful entrepreneur with his international thought leadership practice and as the CEO of ChangeLabs, a global consultancy building and delivering large-scale behavioral change projects for clients such as Apple and IBM. Peter has worked with some of the world's leading brands, including Google, Goldman Sachs, Hilton Hotels, Harley Davidson and GlaxoSmithKline.

By age 30 he had already built two multimillion-dollar businesses, operating in 9 cities internationally. He has delivered more than 2000 presentations to over 300,000 people in 15 different countries. In 2006, Peter was voted the National Speakers Association's Keynote Speaker of the Year and has since been named one of the 25 Hottest New Speakers in America, and one of the 25 Most Influential Speakers in the industry.

He is the author of six books, including international bestsellers Fl!p and Generation Y. As a global thought leader, Peterʼs insights into business trends and the changing needs of customers and staff have made him a regular presenter on Fox Business, with appearances on ABC and BBC as well. In 2008 Peter was a featured expert in a five-part global series on Innovation on CNBC, and he has been written up in the Washington Post, CNBC, Inc.com, the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company magazine. His newest book Making It Happen unpacks his insights on the best leaders and entrepreneurs execute on their good ideas, and turn them into profitable results.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Generational change at work, January 15, 2008

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J. Cameron-Smith "Expect the Unexpected" (ACT, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Generation Y: Thriving and Surviving With Generation Y at Work (Paperback)

Peter Sheahan is interesting, entertaining and informative. One of his objectives in this book is to inform (or remind) managers that generational change in the workforce brings with it differing values and perceptions about what matters to employees. In order to harness the talents and get the best from our Gen Y co-workers, we need to understand what they might value and appreciate the differences.

Writing as one of the baby boomers who is edging towards the end of a particular phase of working life in an area where highly educated and motivated Gen X and Gen Y predominate, I think it is essential to appreciate the differences. For Gen Y workers in particular, if they are not finding job satisfaction then they will quickly move on. This has enormous impacts for organisational and workforce planning - especially in areas of highly skilled work in fields where demand for workers currently outstrips supply. It also means that we need to pay significantly more attention to the `people' factors of management.

While Peter Sheahan's book focuses specifically on Gen Y, it invites the reader to consider the differences between the generational needs of workers. This is already a challenge in a tight skilled labour market and will only increase in a labour market such as Australia's where the workforce is ageing and the demand for skilled labour is increasing.

I don't agree with every point Peter Sheahan makes, but I certainly agree that my generation of managers needs to pay far more attention to these factors than we have in the past.

And thanks to one of my Gen X colleagues for making me aware of this book shortly after it was published. It may have been enlightened self-interest, it was certainly illuminating reading.

Recommended reading for managers, supervisors and leaders.


Jennifer Cameron-Smith