At Tuesday's CIO/CTO Roundtable at the IASA conference inWashington,D.C., a pair of speakers made similar comments while looking at an issue through different lenses.

In one session, HR advisor and author Ann Rhoads discussed how businesses should attract and retain young employees, while in a separate session, a group of insurance executives discussed where IT leaders should fit within an insurance carrier's hierarchy.

What interested me is that Rhoads believes the younger workforce wants what many long-term employees are still striving to achieve: to be a part of the decision-making process.

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