Understanding Cross Generational Relationships in the Workplace

One of the most unrecognized and unacknowledged issues facing organizations today is the lack of understanding between the generations. With so many people living and working longer, there are more groups of people that you could identify with certain common behavior distinctions than ever before. “Diversity” means more than just differences in race and gender. When you were born and what you experiences through life are equally significant in shaping personality and behavior. We now have four identifiable and distinct generations in the workplace: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen-Xers and Millennials. If you don’t think that the differences in these generations can affect opinions and decision making in the workplace, you may be in for a surprise. The good news? Anderson-davis offers many types of management diversity training that can benefit your company.

So, think about the people you work with. Have there been times when issues have come up due to a generational conflict? What do you do to manage these employees to ensure project completion? Ensuring that cross generational relationships are in tact and that each generation can effectively work together is the task of every manager.

Working Across Generations

Anderson-davis offers our newly developed Working Across Generations e-learning course. One of the core lessons includes a module that discusses how management style affects the productivity of your employees. Adapting your personal style is critical to supporting effective interactions between generations. Some key lessons in this module:

• Remain nonjudgmental in communication.

• Know what motivates each member of the team, help meet each of their needs.

• Remain objective: Keep your own core values out of your decisions.

• Be flexible with your company's standard procedures, don’t risk losing talented employees; leverage the strengths of each group.

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Collaborating & Communicating Across Generations

Anderson-davis has teamed up with renowned Clinical Organizational Psychologist
Dr. Joe A. Mattox to provide his very popular diversity training course: Increasing Communication & Collaboration Across Generations: Creating a more Inclusive Innovative Workplace. This is a half day program designed for all employees with a special emphasis on supervisors and managers. Let’s face it, your company’s future success depends on the ability to address challenges and create a mutually beneficial working environment for all generations. It is through training that we gain true understanding. Once this occurs, we can correct the mistakes of the past and work better together. The end result? A more efficient workplace and a more successful organization.

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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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If you are ready to engage Anderson-davis or would like to know more about ADI’s types of management generational training or other products and services, please contact us.

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