Jan 22 2014
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A common grievance during the Boomer’s earlier years was “No one understands us.” That might have been at least partly true then, but the generation that can really lay claim to that lament is Generation X, born between 1964 and 1980. Like the Silent Generation, Xers are caught between two very large and …
Nov 22 2013
Send to Kindle“These young people just don’t understand. I really fear for our future.” Obviously a comment about the Millennial Generation right? Wrong. It’s actually a comment that we Baby Boomers heard a lot when we were entering the workforce. In fact, I’d guess that every generation has worried about what the next generation was …
Sep 23 2013
Growing up I remember the generations which controlled society in general and the workplace in particular were not too sure about us young folks. They had endured depression and world war. They worked hard and built businesses. When it came to this new generation though, they were pretty sure we would be the …
Apr 26 2012
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Finding New Leaders Last week I talked about this interesting phenomenon of high unemployment and companies that can’t seem to fine qualified workers. I’ve also heard some complaints in the area of leadership that are quite similar where companies can’t seem to find the people they need to lead them into the future. …
Jan 18 2012
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Misunderstood Millennials – Some Real Statistics I continue to be amazed at the ever increasing number of studies, books, articles, and comments on the issue of the various generations. In my earlier years, I don’t remember nearly as much discussion about different generations; only general agreement that my parent’s generation didn’t understand my …
Jan 11 2012
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The Gen X Myth I was listening to a webinar about how to work with Generation X and was surprised and appalled by the Xer hosts diatribe about other generations. She said she absolutely hated Baby Boomers and wouldn’t work with them. She also felt Millennials were inept. She talked about her own …
Oct 17 2011
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Facebook, iPhones, and Boomers Recently, I attended a gathering of my in-laws. My wife comes from a fairly large family so these infrequent events are almost like a convention. Much of the time was spent listening to the many tales of adventure and mischief that, as you can imagine with such a large …
Jun 22 2011
Things have changed. When I was young, the new generation was expected to conform to the wishes of the older generation. Although not quite at the “seen and not heard” level, we were still expected to listen and wait. Wait until it was our turn, though we were never sure when that would …
May 11 2011
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There certainly isn’t anything new about conflict between generations. When I was young they called it the generation gap. In Rhetoric, even Aristotle writes at some length about the problems with youth. But today, this conflict seems to have become even more significant; especially in the workplace. Leadership tends to be very personality …
Apr 01 2010
Leadership Questions and Answers Like all businesses that expect to succeed on the internet, I pay attention to the search terms people use to find my sites. At the risk of being accused of trying to pack this with keywords, I want to address a few questions that are obviously on people’s minds. …
