Generations @ Work:

Managing Across Generations

Who Am I?

Caveats•Generation generalizations

•Filters

•“Each generation seeks to remedy the perceived excesses of previous generations.”

www.lifecourse.com (Neil Howe, Bill Strauss)

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” ─George Orwell

Quick Review: Three Generations currently in the workforce

•Baby Boomers (48-65)

•Generation X (29-48)

•Millennial Generation (6-29)

Core Characteristics

Baby BoomersChange AgentsSelf-ActualizedFocus of Attention Group OrientedIdealisticChallenge Authority/Rules Focused

Core Characteristics

Generation XIgnoredSurvivorsCynical + +IndividualistsRule AvoidanceSelf-Directed Pragmatic

Core Characteristics

MillennialsTeam-Oriented

SpecialSheltered Before AfterConfidentConventionalPressuredAchieving

Baby Boomers

Focus of Attention

Self-Actualized

Idealistic

Group Oriented

Challenge Authority/Rules

Focused

Change Agents

Generation X

Ignored

Survivors

Cynical

Individualists

Avoid the rules

Self-Directed

Pragmatic

Millennials

Special

Sheltered

Confident

Team-Oriented

Conventional

Pressured

Achieving

Boomers─Define a group as 6-7 people, very keen on consensus and involving everyone in decisions. Value cooperation over hierarchy.

Xers─Define a group as 2-3 people, used to working alone, every person for themselves, not generally “people persons”.

Millenials─Define a group as 9-10 people, leave no one behind, act on behalf of the group, less sense of individuality.

Group Orientation

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Work Ethic

Boomers─Workaholics, challenge hierarchies, change corporate culture

Xers─Nomadic, project managers, work-arounds

Millenials ─Over-achievers, need structure, need rules

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Family Attitudes

Boomers─Obsessed with children, keep them safe, spend lots of time with them. Helicopter parents.

Xers─Even more obsessed with children, keep them safe, spend quantity time with them. Blackhawk parents.

Millennials ─Like their parents, like their parents’ music, see their parents as most important source of advice.

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