Leading

5Generations in the Workplace

The generational secret nobody’s talking about

Bill Sheridan, CAEThe Business Learning Institute

“Children love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants … They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company … and tyrannize their teachers.” Bill Sheridan, CAE

The Business Learning Institute

Who said it

Socrates… as quoted by Plato

“Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”

Marie Curie

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Traditionalists Born between 1925-

45 Dedicated Pay your dues Work hard Respect authority Age = seniority Company first Loyal

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Boomers Born between 1946-64 Anti-government Challenges authority “Don’t trust anyone over 30” Driven Workaholics Long hours = self worth Team-oriented Focused on quality

Born between 1965-80 Balance, diversity Work smarter, not longer Independent Informal Want structure and direction Skeptical / suspicious

Gen Xers

Born between 1981-2000 Ambitious What’s next? Multitasking Tenacious Entrepreneurial Digital Sheltered

Millennials

Born between 1995-2012 Cynical Private Entrepreneurial Multi-taskers Hyper-aware / savvy Technology-reliant Live in the now

Gen Z

“The way we lead and manage organizations is

going to take on a radical new look over the next

several years.”

Bill Sheridan, CAEThe Business Learning Institute

Revolutionary War1775-1783

Civil War1861-1865

Great Depression /World War II

1929-1945

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1. Understand individual differences

2. Don’t stereotype3. Cross-mentor4. Collaborate5. Engage

Keys to managing five generations in the workplace

Autonomy Mastery Purpose

What do people really want?

CollaborationCloud Infrastructur

eMobileTechnology

Questions?

Bill Sheridan, CAEThe Business Learning Institute

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Leading 5 Generationsin the Workplace

Bill Sheridan, CAEThe Business Learning Institute