Robert Wendover

Biography

Robert W. Wendover has been researching and writing about workforce trends for more than 20 years. He currently serves as Managing Director of the Center for Generational Studies.

Mr. Wendover has authored the Center`s training curriculum Generations: Understanding Age Diversity in Today`s Workplace. His nine books include: Crossing the Generational Divide, On Cloud Nine: Weathering the Challenge of Many Generations in the Workplace, High Performance Hiring, High Performance Recruiting, Two Minute Motivation: How to Inspire Superior Performance, and Handpicked: Finding and Hiring the Best Employees. His first book, Smart Hiring, first published in 1988, has just been released in its sixth edition.

Mr. Wendover serves as the editorial director of the Center`s monthly newsletter, GenTrends, and has written or contributed more than 200 articles for a wide variety of publications. Mr. Wendover is a regular guest on radio and TV across the U.S. His credits include CNN, CNBC, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Detroit Free Press, The Florida Sentinel, The Denver Post, The Providence Journal, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Entrepreneur, Money and even Women`s Wear Daily. In addition, he has written monthly columns for both retailers and Realtors. Mr. Wendover has also served as special advisor to the American Productivity and Quality Center.

Mr. Wendover`s education includes degrees in psychology, education and industrial arts. He served on the management faculty of the University of Phoenix for more than ten years. He has earned the designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) from the National Speakers Association. Along with being past president of both the Colorado Speakers Association and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, he is two-time past chair of the National Meetings Industry Council.

His clients include IBM, KPMG, Discover Card Services, Shell Oil, International Dairy Queen, Kaiser Permanente, CITGO, Chevron USA, the Food Marketing Institute, Searle Pharmeceuticals, Super 8 Motels, Ace Hardware, Major League Baseball, the Professional Golfers Association and a host of other household names, government agencies, and educational institutions.

Publications

Smart Hiring:
The Complete Guide to Finding and Hiring the Best Employees

Finding and keeping the right employees is critical to the success of your organization. But with the tangle of legal and practical issues involved, the hiring process is often littered with mistakes -- mistakes that can cost you money, customers, and your reputation.

Smart Hiring helps you sidestep the pitfalls that are tripping up the competition and shows you how to attract and hire the candidates who will put you on the road to success.

Titles

Hey Dude! Managing Age Diversity in Today`s Workplace

Leadership and the Emerging Generations

Been There, Done That! Best Practices in Managing Age Diversity

Recruitment and Retention in the New Millennium

Succession Planning and the New Generations

The Changing Faces of the Emerging Consumer

Customer Service and the Emerging Consumer