The Generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y/ Millennials
Boomers&Millennials At Work
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Boomers & Millennials at Work
Generational Collision or Collaboration?
Presented by Tracy Brownwww.DiversityTrends.com www.TracyBrown.com
Boomers - Millennials 2
Objective
Boomers - Millennials 3
Generations in the Workplace
Generation Birth Years Defining Moments
Post War 1928 – 1945 End of WWII, Suburbs, Korean War, Rock & Roll, Cold War, McCarthyism
Boomers I 1946 – 1954 JFK-RFK-MLK Assassinations, Vietnam War, First man on the moon, Civil Rights
Boomers II 1955 – 1965 Watergate, Nixon resignation, Energy crisis, Fall of Vietnam
Generation X 1966 – 1976 Challenger explosion, Gulf War, AIDS crisis, Reagonomics, Stock market crash 1987
Generation Y 1977 – (1988)
Internet, Columbine, 9/11, Clinton impeachment, Good economic times
adapted from “Cohort Marketing Groups” in “Defining Markets, Defining Moments” by Meredith, Schewe & Karlovich
Boomers - Millennials 4
Millennials /1
•Individuality
Boomers - Millennials 5
Millennials /2
•Multi-tasking
Boomers - Millennials 6
Millennials /3
•Mentoring
Boomers - Millennials 7
Millennials /4
•Responsibility
Boomers - Millennials 8
Millennials /5
•Speed
Boomers - Millennials 9
Millennials /6
•Technology
Boomers - Millennials 10
Millennials /7
•Exposure
Boomers - Millennials 11
Millennials /8
•Access
Boomers - Millennials 12
Millennials
1. Individuality
2. Multi-Tasking
3. Mentoring
4. Responsibility
5. Speed
6. Technology
7. Exposure
8. Access
Boomers - Millennials 13
Remember
• Common Characteristics
• Co-cultures
• Coach
• Communicate
Boomers - Millennials 14
Drama is a choice.So is peace.
(alan cohen)
• What clashes between Millennials and Boomers have you experienced?
• What opportunities exist for collaboration between these two groups?
• The conversation begins now . . .
Boomers & Millennials at Work
Generational Collision or Collaboration?
Presented by Tracy Brownwww.DiversityTrends.com www.TracyBrown.com