How to Manage Different Generations Without Going Insane

How to Manage Different Generations Without Going Insane

For the first time in history, four different generations find themselves working within the walls of corporate America.  This dramatic demographic shift is the result of a number of factors including longer life spans and deferred retirements. Today’s challenge: as members of these generations struggle to co-exist side by side, leaders and managers now must supervise vastly disparate working and communication styles.

1. How does a member of “The Greatest Generation” provide direction to a tech-savvy “20-Something?”
2. How will a “Baby Boomer” communicate institutional goals to a “Gen-Xer,” who may have grown up as a go-it-alone, latchkey kid?

Today, management needs to be especially creative to enable these different cultures with their own experiences and values to work productively together.  Competition for jobs and promotions, not to mention the yawning technological fault line between young and old, inevitably triggers conflicts. Savvy leaders and managers can potentially harness the strengths of each different generation and leverage decades of knowledge and experience not only to survive but also thrive amid this potential generational divide.

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