Robert Wendover
Managing Director, Center for Generational Studies
Robert 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: Essential Skills for Managing the Modern Workforce, 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, originally 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 to more than 200 articles for a wide variety of publications. Mr. Wendover is a regular guest on radio & TV across the U.S. His credits include CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal’s National Business Employment Weekly, Supervisory Management, Human Resources Professional, Women’s Wear Daily, Entrepreneur and Money magazine. In addition, he has written monthly columns for both retailers and Realtors.
Mr. Wendover has served as a special advisor to the American Productivity and Quality Council. In his latest venture, he has been hosting www.askaboutthegenerations.com, a monthly tele-seminar series that addresses generational issues within the workplace.
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. 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 a 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 Pharmaceuticals, Super 8 Motels, Ace Hardware, Major League Baseball, the Professional Golfers Association and a host of other household names, government agencies and educational institutions.
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- Guy Gast
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- Tom Glavinich
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- Reggie Hohenberger
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- Susan Karr
- Robert Lawless
- Larry Lawrence
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- Mike McCullion
- Joe Nigro
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- Daniel Rose
- Craig Sandberg
- Joseph Sellers
- Ken Senteney
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- Dennis Sowards
- Howard Stine
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