Building Multi Generational Workforce Awareness
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The document outlines the importance of understanding generational differences in the workplace and emphasizes finding individuals who fit well in terms of job, culture, and lifestyle. It discusses common characteristics and values of various generations, from the Silent Generation to Millennials, highlighting their career goals, feedback preferences, and work-life balance. The document warns against stereotypes and encourages improved communication and relationship-building across generations.
Building Multi Generational Workforce Awareness
- 1. People Matters : Masterclass 23rd July, 2015
- 2. “Don't fall prey to stereotypes… It's all about going out and finding people who are a good job fit, a cultural fit and a lifestyle fit.” - Ed Powell Director of Business Development, Monster Government Solutions
- 3. 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
- 4. Traditionals Baby Boomers Generation 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, Operation Titanic, Mussolini, J. Empire Manhattan War, Color Trial, Berlin Games, AIDS, Pac- Desert Russian 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, City Charles "Monopoly," Communist Sputnik Manson Wars, Exxon Bombing, Lindbergh the China Disco, Valdez Princess Hindenburg Margaret Diana, Y2K Thatcher
- 5. Adapted from Cam Marston at http://www.generationalinsights.com
- 6. Adapted from © VisionPoint Products, Inc.
- 7. By 2025 - 50% of workforce would be Gen Y - 25% of workforce would consist of Gen Z or Tech Savvy Google Skids
- 8. TIMELINE
- 10. G E N E R AT I O N S AT WO R K 1 3
- 11. Career Goals • Silent Generation Build a legacy • Baby Boomers Build a stellar career • Gen X Build a portable career • Millennial / Gen Y Build parallel careers Balance • Silent Generation Work more important • Baby Boomers Need to find “ me” time • Generation X Need balance now, not at retirement • Millennial Work is not everything Feedback • 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!
- 12. G E N E R AT I O N S AT WO R K 1 9 WORKING ACROSS GENERATIONS
- 13. Afraid to Change Coaching Loyalty Organizational Politics Expectations from Job Family, Self Respect, Values Respect Learn Trust Expectation from Leader
- 14. 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.