Peter Sheahan’s groundbreaking exploration of generational trends is changing the way businesses attract and manage their staff. Generation Y: Thriving (and Surviving) with Generation Y at Work, the first book of its kind in Australia, has been embraced by a host of private and public sector organisations.

Across 9 compelling chapters you will gain valuable insight into the mindsets of this unique and talented generation. Generation Y expert and entrepreneur Peter Sheahan has written an entertaining and engaging book that will revolutionise your attraction, management and retention strategies.

With in-depth and thought-provoking analysis of Gen Y attitudes towards work-life balance, management strategies, training and development methods and technological interconnectedness, Generation Y represents the leading edge in business reengineering for tomorrow’s workforce.

Undeniably important, often-times funny and always provocative, this is your guide to getting the best young talent in the door, keeping them on-board, and turning them into superstar performers. Whether you’re a CEO, manager, employee…or even a parent…this book will open your eyes to Gen Y.

Peter Sheahan has spent a decade teaching business how to flip their thinking and find opportunity where others cannot. He believes that the real money gets made in the cracks, and that the opportunity for mind-blowing success is all around us. The problem is we get conditioned by our experience, blinded by our business model and conned by the popular media to believe that are no new ideas, and that we have to be susceptible to the current economic times.

Peter will show you how to be up, in an upside-down world. Part trend-finder, part change-agent, and part thought-leader on innovation Peter will not only help you to develop the mindset required to find opportunity everywhere, he will mobilize you to exploit it.

Peter’s clients include Newscorp, Google, Hilton Hotels, GlaxoSmithKline, Harley Davidson, Cisco and Goldman Sachs. Many of which engage him on an ongoing basis to provoke their leaders to re-think their assumptions and challenge them to find innovative ways of doing business. He has been described by one of his clients as the guy to call when you want your answers questioned.Peter’s success is driven by his ability to identify areas of untapped potential within organizations, develop the unique thought processes needed to profit from them, and then catalyze the key individuals to take the risks required to make it a reality. Peter’s clients consistently remark on the depth of his insight, the global nature of his business perspective and the comprehensive research he does into their organization, its model and the current threats and opportunities they face.Peter’s fifth book Fl!p, an international best-seller available in 25 countries, emphasizes the need for leaders to have mindset flexibility, as it explores the changing nature of leadership, the evolution of some business models, and the destruction of others, and unloads dozens of strategies for finding opportunity and making money in tough economic times.Peter walks his talks, and can speak from personal experience. A former General Manager of a $10 million hotel business, Peter has established himself as a bit of a serial entrepreneur. In addition to his highly successful thought leadership practice, Peter is also the CEO of the Centre for Skills Development (CSD). The CSD specializes in large scale social change projects and now runs the largest face-to-face financial literacy program for teenagers in the world. In partnership with Apple, the CSD developed and continues to run the ground breaking Beyond Chalk program, working with educators to create 21st Century learning environments. More recently the CSD has taken on IBM as a client and is running development programs in large corporations and Government departments teaching staff how to use technology to foster collaboration and drive productivity in their organizations.In January 2010, Peter’s sixth book is due for release. With a working title of Making It Happen, this book will guide individuals through the 5 key strategies required to turn good ideas into great results. Or better said, turn opportunity into profit.Peter’s outstanding achievements were first officially recognized in 2003 when Peter had the honor Young Entrepreneur of the Year in his home state. He is best known though for his skills as a presenter and his ability to customize his expertise to meet the needs of the audience. He has delivered more than 2000 presentations to over 300,000 people in 15 different countries. In 2006, Peter was awarded the National Speakers Association Keynote Speaker of the Year, as voted by his peers. Seen as a global thought leader, Peter’s insights into business trends and the changing needs of customers and staff make him a regular presenter on Fox Business and frequent contributor to ABC and the BBC in London. He has also been a participating expert on a five-part global series on Innovation on CNBC, and he has been written up in the Washington Post and Fast Company Magazine. Peter Sheahan is a unique and inspiring speaker whose ideas and experiences are changing the face of the business world. Don’t miss your chance to engage with this leading mind on innovative and entrepreneurial thinking!