The No. 1 thing is to be one of those people who gets a lot of work done very well, very fast. Don’t be scared into submission by all the downsizing activity. That’s exactly the...

The thing that people need to remember is that downsizing may be back on the front pages, but the downsizing never slowed down. Downsizing has been a constant and regular feature of the new working...

A person’s willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards,

It’s not just Generation X.

The norm will be to work for several employers; on again, off again; as an employee one year, as an independent contractor the next year; 40 hours one week, 20 hours another; on-site this month,...

Always be assessing your particular skills and your particular experience and your particular abilities and energies and interests, and matching them up with the available work to be done. And then be prepared to sell...

Whatever you don’t outsource, you’d better be great at, … Before we’re through, you might be the only ’employee’ left in your business.

It was their idea — downsizing, restructuring, re-engineering. It’s what companies needed to do to get fluid and flexible,

But that almost never happens, … People are so thrilled, usually, to customize their work arrangements that they become very protective of the deal they’ve created for themselves.

We are all moving into the workplace of the future together. It’s all about competing for the best people. And the best people are thinking about their worklives in a whole new way. [Employers] have...

This one wants more money. That one wants a different schedule. Another person wants to trade in her responsibilities for a whole new set. This one wants to be included in high-level meetings. That one...

[? The CIA offers one-year sabbaticals to some of its agents who are considering leaving. Those who do leave may still be tapped for their expertise on an as-needed basis.] Indeed, it is common practice...

In today’s global economy, employees and their employers need to think about their working lives in a whole new way, … Everything is turned on its head. [Job] security is not about stability; it’s about...

In phase three … this powerful dynamic continues to transform the employer-employee relationship from one that was feudal to one that is essentially market-driven,

If you’re one of those people who gets tons of work done very well, very fast, and you can prove it, you’re not going anywhere.

Scheduling flexibility is the single greatest non-financial tool — and the number-one dream-job factor — at your disposal for winning battles in the talent wars. Use it.

Today, the most mobile part of the workforce is the most marketable.

There’s tremendous demand for skilled people at all levels of almost every organization and almost every industry and that’s true in almost every part of the country.