When there’s no time to train, what can organizations do? Check out our workshop, "How to Build Better Managers in 90 Minutes" on page 14. Just click on "Download" below to view the Training 2011 …

Happy New Year to our clients, colleagues and friends! Each year brings a fresh start and the opportunity to accomplish great things, personally and professionally. To support your success in 2011, we’ve assembled the best …

Devon Scheef of The Learning Café co-authored the article on "Knowledge Transfer as Wisdom Sharing." The article focuses on the critical human element in knowledge transfer efforts. Check out the 10 tactics for wisdom sharing and see if any will work in your organization. Click on Knowledge Transfer as Wisdom Sharing to read the article in the March 2011 digital edition of Talent Management magazine.

Recognizing and working with generational preferences has become a reality these days, and nowhere is it more obvious than at meetings. This article in Executive Travel outlines seven tips for intergenerational meetings from The Learning Café. Click here to read the article.

Think you’ve read and heard it all about the four-generation workforce? Check out Engaging a Changing Workforce, Study of Four Generations by downloading the PDF below. Based on 2,000 employee and manager responses from corporations, government and not-for-profit organizations, the study sets the baseline for current, authoritative research about engagement and disengagement factors related to four generations of U.S. workers. PDF: Download

Find out how today’s youngest leaders view their role within their organizations, their management methods, and their values. The Learning Café surveyed Millennials age 24 to 34 who hold positions ranging from senior manager to director, asking them to predict how their generation will differ from older leaders. In the report "The Future of Leadership: Millennial Views of Leading," you can read their verbatim responses. Click on the cover image or the word Download below for a free copy of the report to get a glimpse into the future of your own workplace, as well as that of corporate America. PDF: Download

Article published in the ASTD InterChange (p 8-10), November 2011, by Devon Scheef and Diane Thielfoldt, The Learning Café   How modern is your mentoring? Like every other business practice you employ, mentoring should continually evolve and grow to match your organization’s shifting workforce, needs and environment. And that includes improving how different generations of participants in your mentoring program work together. Click on the article image above or the word Download below to take a look at cross-generational mentoring partnerships and see how well they’re working. PDF: Download

In the Electrical Distributors magazine an article about recruiting and retaining young talent features a sidebar with a reference to Diane’s expertise in managing Millennials. In the Managing Millennials sidebar Diane explains that the average…

Interview on current.com - The Young Turks. Click here to listen to Devon’s interview on current.com. On The Young Turks webcast she discusses what distinguishes the Millennials from older generations in the workplace and what they want from their work. Current.com/theyoungturks hosts a live chat every night during the show and Devon appeared via Skype. The first question was "What makes Millenials different than older generations?" This podcast starts with Devon’s response…

Did you know you can mentor yourself? Our latest Quick Reference Guide "Mentor Yourself," provides concise tips and a wealth of targeted, results-oriented guidance in just two pages. PDF: Download