Highlights – June 2015

Whether we’re talking North America, the EU, China, or Japan, our workforce is aging nearly everywhere. And in the workplace, age matters, even for knowledge workers and executives. Hiring or promoting based on age-related mental abilities can be both a blessing and a curse, depending on the decisions you make.

According to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, older executives bring valuable skills to the job, such as higher “crystallized intelligence,” which includes verbal ability and knowledge born of.....