Values Shift
Recruiting, Retaining & Engaging the Multigenerational Workforce -2nd edition
by John Izzo and Pam Withers

Praise for this title is rampant...the first edition was Published in 2000  and this book was ahead of its time! Values Shift - the second edition has updated the facts, statistics and is a practical guide to taking a good hard look at where corporate North America has come from - what changed, why it changed and the benefits as well as the struggles!

Post Enron, WorldCom and of course, Martha Stuart, North Americans are taking a good hard look at the purpose of why they work for their companies. A new work ethic has emerged—a the set of values that the first edition discussed is now no longer a possible theory. As the labor shortage intensifies each year and companies on both sides of the North American boarder try to attract, retain and engage those valuable individuals they desperately need , this book is a survival guide on addressing this pressing issue..

While work has changed dramatically over the last two decades, a new practical business book from FairWinds Press argues that our values around work have also changed in ways that are impacting businesses now and will for decades to come.

Authors, John B. Izzo and Pam Withers identify how our values about work are changing and how this new work ethic is impacting companies as they try to attract and keep talent. These values, according to Izzo, will require employers to focus on creating workplaces that respond to a shifting set of wants and desires. “How we see work and what we want from it is shifting radically and smart companies will pay attention to these changes,” says Izzo.

The new work ethic is defined by six major expectations at work that cut across three generations—Baby Boomers, Generation X-ers and the Net Generation. Izzo is an international consultant and speaker on managing change and leadership development, who, through his work and research, has discovered that while all three generations have some unique perspectives, they have a lot more in common than we realize in terms of the six emerging expectations of the workplace:

• Balance and synergy

• Work as a noble cause

• Personal growth and development

• Partnership

• Community at work

• Trust