Building Multi Generational Workforce Awareness
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“Don't fall prey to stereotypes… It's all about going out andfinding people who are a good
job fit, a cultural fit and a lifestyle fit.” - Ed
Powell Director of Business Development,
Monster Government Solutions
Cohort Differences… What factors make them unique
Each individual has a perspective
A set of filters through which they see the world
Formed during first 10, 15, 20 years of life Most impressionable… Personality most open to
influence External: Personal and Social Personal: family, teachers, uniqueness
Social: things around us
fads, news, economy, political climate, music,
trends
Generational TimelineTraditionals Baby
BoomersGeneration X Gen Y
Millenial
1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999
World War Women's Great World War Hydrogen JFK, Martin Vietnam Mikhail Internet,I, Triangle Suffrage, Depression, II, Adolf Bomb, Luther King War, Gorbachev, Nelson
Shirtwaist King Tut's Mohandas Hitler, Pearl McCarthyis Jr., Munich Mount St. Mandela,Factory, the Tomb, Gandhi, Harbor, m, Korean Eichmann Olympic Helens, OperationTitanic, Mussolini, J. Empire Manhattan War, Color Trial, Berlin Games, AIDS, Pac- DesertRussian Edgar State Project, TV, Polio Wall, Cuban Watergate, Man, Storm,
Revolution, Hoover, Building, Chuck Vaccine, Mt. Missile Abortion, Personal Waco, O.J.Mata Hari, Mein Kampf, Amelia Yeager, Everest, Crisis, Draft Patty Computers, Simpson,Prohibiton Monkey Earhart, Berlin Airlift, Disneyland, Protests, Hearst, Pol Ethiopian Oklahoma
Trial, Nazis, Apartheid, Rosa Parks, Charles Pot, Star Famine, CityCharles "Monopoly," Communist Sputnik Manson Wars, Exxon Bombing,
Lindbergh the China Disco, Valdez PrincessHindenburg Margaret Diana, Y2K
Thatcher
Generational Overview
Adapted from Cam Marston at http://www.generationalinsights.com
Today’s Reality… Are we ready?
By 2025 - 50% of workforce would be Gen Y- 25% of workforce would consist of Gen Z or Tech Savvy Google Skids
Multi – Generations…. Unique TraitsCareer Goals• Silent Generation Build a legacy• Baby Boomers Build a stellar career• Gen X Build a portable career• Millennial / Gen Y Build parallel careersBalance• Silent Generation Work more important• Baby Boomers Need to find “ me” time• Generation X Need balance now, not at retirement• Millennial Work is not everythingFeedback• Silent Generation Say little , do much.• Baby Boomers Lots of feedback, but infrequently.• Genera5on X Lots of feedback, but frequently and
less formally.
• Millennial Need to know now!
Principles for Leading Multi –Generational Workforce… Are you doing it?
Afraid to ChangeCoaching
Loyalty
Organizational Politics
Expectations from Job
Family, Self Respect, ValuesRespect
Learn
Trust
Expectation from Leader
DON’T
Stereotype (e.g., judging your colleagues’ capabilities by what they wear and what their work hours seem to be).
Ridicule or make derogatory remarks like “dinosaur,” “bureaucrat,” “slacker,” or “kid.”
Miss opportunities to improve communications and strengthen relationships.
Make assumptions that every member of any given generation thinks or behaves exactly alike.
Tips for Working Across Generations