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    Musings from the C-Suite: Rumors Now vs. Then
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Aug 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Musings from the C-Suite: Rumors Now vs. Then

    A Millennial member of one of my networking groups for C-level women recently posted in our WhatsApp chat that women must stick together and
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    In Their Own Words: The Financial Crisis from the Gen Z Perspective
    Jordan Massey
    • Aug 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    In Their Own Words: The Financial Crisis from the Gen Z Perspective

    Our country is in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression due to COVID-19, and every generation can feel it. 
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    Musings from the C-Suite: Insights from a Blackout
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Aug 7, 2020
    • 3 min

    Musings from the C-Suite: Insights from a Blackout

    The power in my NYC neighborhood went out at 5:15 this morning. It was still dark out at that time, so it was pitch black in my apartment...
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    You May Be Right
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    You May Be Right

    “You may be right” is a simple phrase that is not easy to say. Yet, it is one of the keys to successful communications.
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    Brands Have Personalities: They Should Respond to Crises Like People Do
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • May 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Brands Have Personalities: They Should Respond to Crises Like People Do

    One of the things I love about being an author and thought leader in the area of business communications is giving corporate talks. This w...
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    How Can You Influence People During a Crisis? Part 3
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • May 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    How Can You Influence People During a Crisis? Part 3

    I spent that past six week in self-isolation writing and publishing a new book, “Communicating During a Crisis: Influencing Others When t...
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    What We Can Expect from Our Minds During Self-Isolation
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    What We Can Expect from Our Minds During Self-Isolation

    Human beings can handle absolutely anything in the moment; it is the thinking about it that makes it a problem.
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    Communicating with Constituents During the Coronavirus Crisis
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Mar 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Communicating with Constituents During the Coronavirus Crisis

    As a crisis communications specialist, I have been talking with nonprofit organizations in the past few days about how to communicate wit...
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    4 Must-Do's in the Multigenerational Workplace
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Mar 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    4 Must-Do's in the Multigenerational Workplace

    Blog about 4 things companies can do to facilitate multigenerational understanding and collaboration.
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    Millennials Don’t Job Hop as Much as You Think They Do
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Mar 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Millennials Don’t Job Hop as Much as You Think They Do

    Blog post about Millennial job hopping, which is not as frequent as we think it is.
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    Never Fail to Fail: The Different Work Philosophies of Millennials and Gen Z
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Feb 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Never Fail to Fail: The Different Work Philosophies of Millennials and Gen Z

    For companies, understanding Millennials and Gen Z workers is more and more vital by the day. But just how similar—or different—are these...
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    Everything Immediately: Three Key Expectations of Millennials and Gen Z
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Feb 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Everything Immediately: Three Key Expectations of Millennials and Gen Z

    Gen Z—and to a somewhat lesser extent, Millennials—have grown up in a world where virtually everything is available immediately on demand...
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    When Millennials Manage Gen Z
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Feb 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    When Millennials Manage Gen Z

    I mentor several younger women who work in a variety of fields, including management consulting, communications, software development, an...
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    One World under Gen Z: EU and US Young Adults Share Beliefs and Practices
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Jan 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    One World under Gen Z: EU and US Young Adults Share Beliefs and Practices

    I spoke on a panel this week for the European American Chamber of Commerce about hiring practices in the United States. The audience comp...
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    The Old-Fashioned Phone
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Jan 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Old-Fashioned Phone

    I had a conversation at dinner with a colleague about the different ways younger and older generations communicate. Broadly speaking, Mil...
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    Young Adults Don't Go to the News, Because the News Comes to Them
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Dec 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    Young Adults Don't Go to the News, Because the News Comes to Them

    Today, young adults do not have to go looking for news. News goes looking for them. What do I mean by that? The best way to explain it is...
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    The Resurgence of the Piggybank
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Dec 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Resurgence of the Piggybank

    The Great Recession of 2008 affected all of us, but if you want to understand why young adults have no interest in jobs in Corporate Amer...
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    7 Essential Strategies for Marketing to Gen Z
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Dec 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    7 Essential Strategies for Marketing to Gen Z

    They may be young, but Gen Z now accounts for 40% of consumers and already influences between $29 billion and $143 billion in direct spen...
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    Short and Sweet Thanksgiving Post
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Short and Sweet Thanksgiving Post

    The one thing companies can be grateful for this Thanksgiving... The massive change in the marketplace thanks to Millennials and Gen Z. W...
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    Reverse Mentoring: A Win-Win
    Joanna Dodd Massey
    • Nov 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    Reverse Mentoring: A Win-Win

    I gave a leadership talk this morning to an angel investment group of mostly Boomer and Silent Generation women about managing five gener...
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