Tamara Erickson's biography
- Expert in collaboration and innovation in the workplace
- McKinsey Award-winning author on evolving workforce and employee values
- Renowned speaker on leading a multi-generational workforce
Tamara Erickson is an expert in collaboration and innovation in the workplace. With extensive research on the evolving workforce and employee values, her focus lies in how successful organizations can foster innovation through collaboration.
As an author, Erickson has been honoured with the prestigious McKinsey Award and has contributed numerous articles to the Harvard Business Review. Her book trilogy delves into how individuals from different generations can thrive in today's ever-changing work environment.
Erickson's refreshingly positive approach offers actionable advice tailored to your specific learning objectives. Her highly regarded blog, "Across the Ages," addresses the challenges and opportunities that arise from the talent shortage and shifting employee values, providing valuable insights to corporations.
Harvard Business Review has recognized her for her groundbreaking ideas on effective leadership across generations.
In her engaging speeches, Erickson covers various topics, including innovation in the intelligent economy, building collaborative organizations, employee engagement, global generations, the upcoming "Re-Generation," and debunking outdated assumptions in modern organizations.
She also shares valuable insights on effectively leading a multi-generational workforce and offers practical strategies for creating a culture that embraces individuals of all ages.
Topics, sessions and talks
Leading A Multi-Generational Workforce
Four generations are working together in today’s workplace—and a fifth is on the way. Each brings unique assumptions to the job. As a result, events in the workplace are often interpreted differently by individuals in different generations. What may seem like good news to a Boomer might well be an unsettling and unwelcome development to a member of Generation X. Things that members of Gen Y love often seem unappealing or frivolous to those in older generations.
Innovation In The Intelligent Economy: Bringing People And Ideas Together
The heart of innovation is the combination of two previously unrelated ideas. Creating the capacity for innovation in your organization means encouraging collaboration: namely, sharing knowledge and working together to create new ideas. The paradox: many of the best ways to encourage collaboration work against innovation! How Can you balance both?
Building Collaborative Organizations
We are on the brink of an important transformation. New technologies are making their way into the workplace, offering significant improvements in generating, capturing, and sharing knowledge, finding helpful colleagues and information, tapping into new sources of innovation and expertise, and harnessing the “wisdom of crowds.” Over time, these collaborative technologies will change the way work is done and the way organizations function. They will shift the way we interact with people on our teams, find external expertise when it’s needed, and share ideas and observations more broadly.
Get Ready For The Next Wave: The Re-Generation
The next demographic wave is almost ready to hit the shore. Children who are 15-and-under today have been influenced by a very different set of global events than those that shaped the ideas and preferences of people in their late teens and 20s today.
Ten outdated assumptions still shaping organizations today.
Today’s organizations are ripe for change. Over the next several decades, we’ll see very different business entities evolve. Why? Because Today’s organizations were designed in response to conditions that no longer exist. Do you still think loyal behavior at work will lead to a lifetime of protection and care from the corporation? Of Course not. But many of our cherished talent management practices that are based on tenure, from pension plans to perquisites, like vacation, are holdovers from the days when this old assumption rang true.
Why we recommend booking Tamara
Tamara Erickson offers a unique blend of insights into fostering innovation and collaboration within your organization, backed by her award-winning research and extensive expertise. By booking her as a speaker, you'll gain actionable strategies to engage a multi-generational workforce and build a culture that thrives on diversity and innovation. Her proven advice and positive approach will empower your team to navigate the complexities of today's work environment successfully.
Generation X will have to sharpen its skills if it can succeed in making the generations collaborate…. Erickson has written a book that is right for its time, full of illuminating insights and useful for anyone struggling with generational tension in management.
Financial Times, Financial Times
Thanks again for a fabulous presentation and discussion. Very well done. Very informative and engaging. I really really appreciate the effort you made to engage the team on this topic. Many implications for our firm.
Steve Milovich
SVP Human Resources, Walt Disney Company
Tammy Erickson was a phenomenal success! Our President said it was the best presentation of that type he's ever heard and we are thrilled! We had people clamoring for copies of her presentation and it was a great idea to place her first on the program as she set the tone for the day and raised the bar considerably. It's always a good sign when no one even gets up to grab coffee!
