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Issues of managing "mixed" generational groups and the readiness of young people and recent graduates to enter the workforce has become a major concern for many businesses, including colleges. Schools are especially interested in how to best prepare students to go to work after-college.
Managing for Success in the Multigenerational Workplace
Today’s
workplace can be an exciting, though not always harmonious, mixture of
four generational cohorts; older Traditionals, mature Boomers, early to
mid-career Xers and our youngest workers from Generation NeXt.
Understanding the generations is becoming increasingly important as
demographic changes anticipate the retirement of the rest of the
Traditionals and many Boomers, with insufficient numbers of Xers
available to fill their slots and leaving gaps in institutional
knowledge, organizational loyalty and mission orientation. Many
managers are reporting issues with the workplace readiness and
integration of Generation NeXt. Successful management will require
being able to understand, communicate with and lead everyone, from each
generational group. Understanding typical generational values, traits,
preferences and styles can improve recruitment, workplace
effectiveness, harmony and employee satisfaction and retention. This
workshop will address the generational traits, issues and dynamics in
the workplace with specific, immediately applicable suggestions for
developing the most productive, positive and effective work setting for
all workers.
Generation NeXt Goes to Work
Today’s young workers from “Generation NeXt“ are entering the workforce with characteristics and expectations that present unique challenges to those responsible for recruiting, orienting and initiating them into the professional world, as well as those supervising, managing and retaining them once they get there. While recruiters and managers might find many of these young people to be adaptable and technologically savvy, they may also see consumers in the job market who do not expect to "pay dues" and resent the traditional organizational structure. This session will provide attendees with a better understanding of the development and predictable issues of Generation NeXt, and describe what organizations and managers can do to help them transition into and be successful in the professional workplace.
Several larger schools, like Purdue and California State University at Sacramento, have invited me to present programs on just these issues. Organizations like the CUBOs (College and University Business Officers) are offering my sessions at their conferences regionally and nationally. Businesses, like 20th Century Fox, Wal-Mart, the U.S. Army and the University of Tennessee for the Medical Sciences Medical Center, who are launching initiatives to improve recruitment, retention and productivity of younger workers, and have worked with me as well. I have also worked with the users groups of higher education and high tech consultants like Rave Wireless, and the Institute for Professional Development.
If your organization, school, conference or company would like more insight into managing the multigenerational workplace and helping the new "consumer employee" find their productive place, please let me know.
Dr. Mark Taylor
mark@taylorprograms.com
501 626-5889
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