Understanding the Importance of Cross Generational Relationships in the Workplace

Dr. Joe A. Mattox - Clinical Organizational Psychologist

Collaborating & Communicating Across Generations: Creating a more Inclusive Innovative Workplace

This program, designed for all employees with a special emphasis on supervisors and managers is offered in a two hour and half day format. Most clients opt for the two hour program and feel this meets most of their training needs. For those that want a more thorough review and a deeper curriculum set, the four hour option makes good sense. Both programs are outstanding and have been critically praised. We think you’ll find the effectiveness of this diversity training to be very high. One thing is true: the importance of cross generational relationships can’t be minimized.

Program Background

In the next decade, many Baby Boomers will be retiring. The younger generations are considerably smaller, in fact, in the next 15 years, there will be a 24% gap between the number of available employees and the number of jobs that need to be filled. What does this mean for companies like yours? It will be difficult to maintain a skilled and productive workforce. There simply will not be enough people to fill available positions. The competition for recruiting and retaining employees will become more competitive. And you’ll need to understand the needs of these different groups, based on generational differences. Your company’s future success depends on the ability to respond to these challenges and create a responsive workplace environment. In addition, diversity training effectiveness can be measured

Diversity Workplace Training: Measuring Effectiveness

This session explores the wide range of issues associated with having four different generations working side by side in the workplace. Through lecture and interactive learning group exercises, participants will increase their understanding of critical issues relative to different generations working together, practice skills needed to manage these issues and develop action plans to assist your company in leveraging the unique talents of each generation to create a highly productive workplace. This diversity workplace training can influence the pace of change.

Diversity Training Effectiveness / Learning Objectives

• Increase understanding of generation-specific work related needs, interests, points of view, and values that drive behavior and performance in the workplace.
• Assess your company’s current strengths and opportunities for improvement related to generational workplace issues.
• Understand the similarities and differences on how to motivate members of different generations to maximize their productivity and contributions.
• Learn how to improve communications and enhance collaboration across employee generations.
• Practice methods for identifying & managing generations based differences and conflict.
• Develop action plans for increasing the inclusiveness of your workplace for leveraging the talents of all generations.

Proven Results for Organizations Everywhere

After training 120,000 employees over 29 years, clients frequently tell us that they witness a marked decreased in hostile work environment situations in the period after training has been completed. What accounts for this? Supervisors are helping employees from different generations understand each other better and providing techniques for effective communication that work. This is the power that Anderson-davis training leaves with you.

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There is no doubting the importance of cross generational relationships. We look forward to talking with you regarding your corporate compliance needs!