Working and Managing Across Generations. From Traditionalists to Generation Y and beyond.

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Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist

to Generation Y and Beyond…

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Skepticism – The view that knowledge in some area is not possible. Skeptics often don’t actually doubt the truth of the belief which they are skeptical about: their central claim is that we don’t have justification for that belief, and thus can’t be said to know it.

- The Philosopher Dictionary. Martin (2003)

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If you dislike theory, and seek only “Practical action”; That is unfortunate. Anything you do is founded upon a theory of some sort, and eschewing theory merely means that your decisions are being misdirected by some bad theory which you do not know about.

- Elliot Jaques; Requisite Organization

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CP + V + SK +Wi + (-T) = CAC

http://create-learning.com/blog/manager-training/is-your-leadership-work-matched-to-capability-how-do-you-know - Jaques formula for Role Competence.

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Assumptions?

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The end of the Cold War also led to a world that was not only connected, but hyperconnected. Friedman notes that the global connectivity he focused on in his book The World Is Flat has already grown by leaps and bounds since 2004, when he sat down to write it.

"Facebook didn't exist; Twitter was a sound; the cloud was in the sky; 4G was a parking place; LinkedIn was a prison; applications were what you sent to college; and Skype for most people was typo," he says. "All of that changed in just the last six years.“

- Thomas Friedman “That Used To Be Us” http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140214150/thomas-friedman-on-how-america-fell-behind

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Generational Differences

Trust

Pay Your Dues

Information Authority

Accountability

Multi-Tasking

RespectChange

Complexity

TimeWork & Life

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TraditionalistsBorn before 1945Ages 66 & up

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Baby BoomersBorn 1946 - 1964Ages 65 – 47

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Generation X (changed the family)Born 1965 - 1980Ages 46 - 31

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Generation Y (changed work) Born 1981 – 1995 (app.)Ages 30 - 16

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Generation Z (9/11 Generation / Digital Natives) Born 1996 – Ages 15 –

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Generational view of …

TraditionalistBorn Before 1946

Baby Boomers1946-1964

Generation X1965-1980

Generation Y1981-2000

Feedback

Leadership

Meetings

Work / Life

Views of Work

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Despite popular generalizations . . .“when you holdthe stereotypes up to the light, they don’tcast much of a shadow.” . . . Everyone wants respect Leaders must be trustworthy No one really likes change Loyalty depends on context Everyone wants to learn & likes feedback.

Jennifer Deal, Retiring the Generation Gap (2006)

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“I have been researching generational differences and continually dig up unicorns and bullshit. Here it is at the core; People want to do good work, no matter how old and when they are born. Determining intelligence (ability to handle complexity of work) + values + skilled knowledge + wisdom + temperament will tell you what the person is currently able to handle as far as work goes. Good managers are good whether they are Gen Y, Traditionalists, etc... Provide broad goals that allow for autonomy of people to do their work, supply the necessary resources to accomplish the work, and measure progress along the way. Systems-Drive-Behavior”

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Sources Usedhttp://www.hendersonwoodsllc.com/ “Leadership Styles: Generational Differences,” SHRM, Dec. 2004Lancaster & Stillman, When Generations Collide, 2002Hicks & Hicks, Boomers, Xers, and Other Strangers: Understanding theGenerational Differences that Divide Us, 1999Martin & Tulgan, Managing the Generational Mix: From Collision toCollaboration, 2002Regan, The FutureWork Institute, presentation at Linkage 2007http://www.brazencareerist.com/