Battling Age Discrimination Age discrimination is a reality in the current job market. It affects two vastly different groups: Young – The young men and women graduating from college over the last five years have had it tough. In fact, this generation has the highest unemployment in the last fifty years. Age discrimination is rampant […]
Workplace Communications – Generational Differences
Workplace Communications Workplace communications have changed dramatically in my lifetime. When I started working as a programmer in Chicago in the mid-1970s, I had a phone on my desk. If I wanted to talk to my boss, I would call him and his secretary would often answer his phone. If he was not there, she […]
Diversity in the Workplace – A Different Perspective
Diversity in the Workplace There is more diversity in the workplace now than ever before. I am going to approach diversity from a different perspective. I have been discussing in this series, the workplace today is multi-generational. We are diverse in a variety of ways: How We Communicate Think about it. If you are 65 […]
Workplace of the Future – Defined by Gen Y
Workplace of the Future The workplace of the future will be defined in next 10-15 years by Gen Y. The current workplace was defined by baby boomers and their parents, and not much has changed in the last 40-50 years. Yes, there have been technological changes, but the basic concepts that define a workplace have […]
Baby Boomers, Gen X and Y – Feedback
Baby Boomers, Gen X and Y I have been blogging on Baby Boomers, Gen X and Y in the Mult-Generational Workplace for the last month. Several of these posts have generated a lot of feedback. If you have not already read some of the series, this is a good time to review: Multi-Generational Workplace Series. As […]
Gen X and Y – Like Oil and Water?
Gen X and Y – Do they get along? As a baby boomer, I would assume that an office full of employees from Gen X and Y would work together harmoniously. WOW, is that a bad assumption! Gen X and Y are cut from very different cloth. Gen X Gen X (born 1965-1982) were the […]
Gen Y boss – Baby Boomer, are you ready?
Could you work for a Gen Y boss? For most baby boomers, thinking about working for a Gen Y boss might seem like a nightmare. Could you work for your kid…or someone your kid’s age? You might say that will be a rarity! Well …. Projections show that by 2014 millennials will account for 36% […]
Group Dynamics in the Multi-Generational Workplace
Group Dynamics? Group dynamics in the workplace is changing rapidly mostly, because of the entrance of Gen Y-ers into the workplace. Why is that, you might ask? How well we play in groups has changed dramatically over the last century. If you have not already read the previous articles in this series: Multi-Generational Workplace – […]