Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Four Generations Working Side by Side in Harmony
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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
Jean C. PalmerTraining for Success & Excellence
http://jeanpalmer.com (703) 768-4859
Have you heard the news?
• Imagine…
• Our mission today:
Intergenerational harmony
ObjectivesObjectives
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
Generational DifferencesGenerational Differences
Traditionals/Matures Baby Boomers Generation XGen Y/
Millennials
1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999
Model-T, First Flight, San Francisco Earthquake, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Boxer Rebellion, First Silent Movie
World War I, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the Titanic, Russian Revolution, Mata Hari, Prohibiton
Women's Suffrage, King Tut's Tomb, Mussolini, J. Edgar Hoover, Mein Kampf, Monkey Trial, Charles Lindbergh
Great Depression, Mohandas Gandhi, Empire State Building, Amelia Earhart, Nazis, "Monopoly," the Hindenburg
World War II, Adolf Hitler, Pearl Harbor, Manhattan Project, Chuck Yeager, Berlin Airlift, Apartheid, Communist China
Hydrogen Bomb, McCarthyism, Korean War, Color TV, Polio Vaccine, Mt. Everest, Disneyland, Rosa Parks, Sputnik
JFK, Martin Luther King Jr., Eichmann Trial, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Draft Protests, Charles Manson
Vietnam War, Munich Olympic Games, Watergate, Abortion, Patty Hearst, Pol Pot, Star Wars, Disco, Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev, Mount St. Helens, AIDS, Pac-Man, Personal Computers, Ethiopian Famine, Exxon Valdez
Internet, Nelson Mandela, Operation Desert Storm, Waco, O.J. Simpson, Oklahoma City Bombing, Princess Diana, Y2K
Generational TimelineGenerational Timeline
Generational OverviewGenerational Overview
Adapted from Cam Marston at http://www.generationalinsights.com
Generational DifferencesGenerational Differences
Adapted from © VisionPoint Products, Inc.
Generational DifferencesGenerational Differences
Adapted from © VisionPoint Products, Inc.
TraditionalsFormal/conservative
Value to team vs. self
Straightforward
Learn privately
Big picture, then detail
Respect for experience
Clear and logical facts
BoomersLifelong learners
Well educated
Interactive/participatory
Non-authoritarian
Networking, teamwork
Make ’em feel important
Be democratic
Gen XEdutainment
Clear expectations
Be efficient
Use visual aids
Up-to-date technology
Break frequently
Role plays are good
MillennialsTeamwork
Technology
Experiential
Learning communities
Clear structure
Fun and games
Short attention span
* Source: Coates, J. Generational Learning Styles. LERN Books. River Falls, WI
Learning PreferencesLearning Preferences
Learning PreferencesLearning Preferences
Activity (please break into groups of 3-4):
“One Thing I Appreciate
About Each Generation is…”
Learning PreferencesLearning Preferences
Four Common Conflicts Finding Information (Role Play: Andy & Jean)
Getting Together (Role Play by You!)
Communication (Video-Based Scenario)
Where/When to Work (Web-Based Scenario)
Conflict 1: Finding Information
(Role Play by Andy and Jean)
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
1. What generational characteristics did you see?
2. Do you see this scenario in your workplace?
3. How do you best handle it?
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
Conflict 2: Getting Together
(Role Play by You!)
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
1. What generational characteristics did you see?
2. Do you see this scenario in your workplace?
3. How do you best handle it?
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
Conflict 3: Communication
(Video-Based Scenario)
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
1. What generational characteristics did you see?
2. Do you see this scenario in your workplace?
3. How do you best handle it?
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
Conflict 4: Choosing Where and When to Work
(Web-Based Scenario w/Special Guest)
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
1. What generational characteristics did you see?
2. Do you see this scenario in your workplace?
3. How do you best handle it?
Four Common ConflictsFour Common Conflicts
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 GenerationsTips for Working Across Generations
DO Recognize that generational differences influence our ideas,
expectations, values, and behaviors at work.
Acknowledge that everyone wants to be treated with respect –it might look and feel different, based on differing experiences and perspectives.
Know that you have different life experiences and can learn from others’ experiences and perspectives.
Find ways to create shared values and common ground.
Tips for Working Across GenerationsTips for Working Across Generations
DO Be willing to flex your natural style and preferences in order to
work effectively with all your colleagues. Be open and honest about your “hot buttons” (i.e., recurring
sources of tension or conflict). Give your colleagues specific suggestions on what they can do
to help you perform at your best. Focus on what really matters- productivity, teamwork, and
customer relationships. Challenge assumptions and raise awareness regarding the
multigenerational workplace.
Tips for Working Across GenerationsTips for Working Across Generations
Take-AwaysTake-Aways
Regroup with the same 2-3 people from the beginning:
Take aways? Ah-ha moments? Surprises? Lingering questions/concerns?
Andrew KrzmarzickThe Graduate Schoolhttp://www.graduateschool.edu (202) [email protected]://generationshift.blogspot.comTwitter: @krazykrizLinkedin.com/in/andrewkrzmarzick
Jean C. PalmerTraining for Success & Excellence
http://jeanpalmer.com (703) 768-4859
Thank you!