Navigating the Challenges of a Multi-Generational Team
Regardless where you work or the type of work you do, there is a high probability that you
work among a multi-generational workforce. For example, your organization may comprise of employees 18 to 76 years old. This means there is the potential that two workers could be working side-be-side on the same shift and 52 years separates them.
At anytime up to four generations of employees are actively working inside America’s organizations. For leaders, the challenge that comes with a multi-generational team is the various beliefs and perspectives that may guide the generational mindset of an employee - and this can be quite different when one generation works side-by-side with someone from a different generation.
Today's organizations are now comprised of several age demographic groups or generational cohorts. These cohorts include the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y (a/k/a Gen Y or Millennials), and Generation Z. The Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 and today, today these workers are about 58 to 76 years old. Generation X, the offspring of Baby Boomers, were born between 1965 and 1980 and today they are about 42 to 57 years old. Generation Y, or Millennials as they are commonly known, was born between 1981 an 1995 and today, they are about 27 to 41 years old. The youngest cohort currently in the workplace is Generation Z, which was born after 1995, and today would between 18 and 26 years old.
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