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The Generational Gap

The workforce is undergoing a major shift as Baby Boomers are retiring and younger generations are taking over. But are your leaders equipped to handle this change?

Ignoring the needs and preferences of younger generations can lead to a significant decrease in productivity, engagement, and ultimately, your bottom line.

If you want your junior and senior employees to work better together, you need to be able to bridge the generational gap.

The generational gap has widened over the years and we are noticing different expectations, different motivators, different communication styles, different work ethics and preferences across generations. Leaders in your organisation have to be equipped with skills to navigate these differences.

How it looks like

Baby Boomers and Gen X often disapprove of younger generations’ sense of entitlement and lack of commitment, so they fail to provide the mentorship and guidance they crave.

Millennials and Gen Z, as a result, feel unheard and unable to contribute, and blame the top-down management styles and “old-school” mindsets of the older generations.

At the same time, Baby Boomers and Gen X who have given the organization years of hard work, are dismayed to find, as digital natives whizz right past them, that their invaluable experience and industry knowledge no longer guarantee advancement.

Millennials and Gen Z don’t appreciate the many opportunities and freedoms they have compared to Boomers and Gen X at their age, and to add insult to injury, they don’t seem to value their experience or respect their position.

All of this intensifies discord among workers and leads to low employee engagement, stagnated innovation and higher attrition. What it boils down to is a lack of mutual understanding and awareness of the forces that shaped each generation.

Generational diversity should be profitable

Generational diversity should be increasing the profitability of the organisation instead of being a cost centre.

The generational gap is real and I work with companies to bridge that gap through my training and consulting programs. This results in better team performance, more innovation and a culture where everyone feels valued and respected.

Most leaders have no idea how productive & innovative their organisation can become once they understand the Millennial (& Gen Z) mindset and embrace generational diversity."

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