From the Editor: A Place to Make Their Stand
We have a fair amount of fun here in the newsroom riffing on the age differences among the staff. One of us — a grizzled business magazine editor, say — will make a witty reference to Sheriff Buford T. Justice or maybe Glenn Frey, only to be met with an indulgent but nevertheless uncomprehending stare from a 20-something fellow editor. Later, a 20-something staff writer demonstrates how he monitors multiple social media “timelines” on...
From the Editor: A Place to Make Their Stand
We have a fair amount of fun here in the newsroom riffing on the age differences among the staff. One of us — a grizzled business magazine editor, say — will make a witty reference to Sheriff Buford T. Justice or maybe Glenn Frey, only to be met with an indulgent but nevertheless uncomprehending stare from a 20-something fellow editor. Later, a 20-something staff writer demonstrates how he monitors multiple social media “timelines” on...
The Creative Economy: Make an Investment in the Arts
The arts are a funny business. In many communities they are looked on as a kind of “throwaway” entertainment, an unnecessary luxury or, at best, something to do on the weekend. The reality is that our professional arts organizations — Opera North, Northern Stage, City Center Ballet, the Lebanon Opera House, to name just a few — also are active local businesses and a major part of the Upper Valley’s economic engine, supporting not only...
The HR Pro: Multitude of Age Groups Poses a Challenge for Managers
We love to label people, to put them in categories, combine them into groups. This can be counterproductive when applied too broadly, but in the workplace, when trying to create a valued and productive workforce, it can help to recognize the differences among the generations of workers and how we treat them. Having multiple generations in the workforce is nothing new, of course, but improvements in health care and economic...
