Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Four Generations Working Side by Side (In Harmony!) Andrew Krzmarzick The Graduate School http://www.graduateschool.edu (202) 821-6288 [email protected]http://generationshift.blogspot.com Twitter: @krazykriz Linkedin.com/in/andrewkrzmarzick Jean C. Palmer Training for Success & Excellence http://jeanpalmer.com (703) 768-4859 [email protected]
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Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Four Generations Working Side by Side in Harmony
Presentation delivered at the Training Officer's Consortium (TOC) Institute in Williamsburg, VA, on April 27, 2009. Facilitated by a Gen X'er and a Traditional. Objectives included: 1. Understand and better navigate the intergenerational differences in your office 2. Participate in several training modalities that reach a multi-generational audience 3. Experience a truly blended approach to training that addresses the learning preferences of all four generations.
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Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
Four Generations Working Side by Side
(In Harmony!)Andrew KrzmarzickThe Graduate Schoolhttp://www.graduateschool.edu (202) [email protected]://generationshift.blogspot.comTwitter: @krazykrizLinkedin.com/in/andrewkrzmarzick
Understand and better navigate the intergenerational differences in your office
Participate in several training modalities that reach a multi-generational audience
Experience a truly blended approach to training that addresses the learning preferences of all four generations
AgendaAgenda
Introductions/Expectations
Four Generations
Activity: Generation Appreciation
Four Common Conflictso Finding Information (Role Play by Andy and Jean)o Getting Together (Role Play by You!)o Communication (Video-Based Scenario)o Choosing Where and When to Work (Web-Based Scenario w/Special Guest)
Open Discussion/Closing Thoughts
Baby Boomers(1946-1964)
Generation Y(1979-2000)
Generation X(1965-1978)
Traditionalists(pre-1946)
Four Generations in Today’s Four Generations in Today’s WorkplaceWorkplace
IntroductionsIntroductions
Share with 2-3 people around you:
Your Name Organization Your Generation
• Be careful about comparisons
• Traditionals and Boomers aren’t done yet and still have much to contribute
• Gen X/Y: “Labels are unfair” and potentially discriminatory
• Measure individual merit
“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
Generational DifferencesGenerational Differences
Each individual has a perspective – a set of filters – through which they see the world
Shapes the way they think things should be
What’s right and wrong
What’s good and bad
What’s fair and unfair
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