
How do we lead…?: The Silent Generation
Summary: Don’t forget about your older and more experienced employees Provide opportunities for cross-generational interaction I feel like a broken record with this, but Silents are loyal. Don’t forget about Silents or older-Boomers, they have not forgotten about you. Leaders can provide great stability for their followers when they remind them of their value and worth. In the midst of the tech-revolution, it may be hard to remember that Silents, in many ways, built what we n

Leading Intergenerational Teams: How do we lead...?
Summary: Leadership (“study” and “assessment”) is essential. We will all lead, and follow, uniquely. If “message” is a buzzword, leadership assuredly is a buzzword-on steroids. A simple Amazon search on “leadership” will bring about over 200,000 resources. You probably don’t want to know the Google search number (cough cough- 821,000,000…). But, even if you bristle at the idea of 800,000 leadership “concepts” on Google, you can’t deny the importance of the topic today. Leader

What's your message: Gen Z
Summary: Gen Z members care about value. Your message should get to the point. By 2020 Gen Z will account for 40% of all consumers! My current students tend to balk a little when I remind them that they are, “technically” and according to some, members of Gen Z. In many ways that is normal. Usually the bridge population (those who could be considered members of either the generation before or after) will tend to feel a sense of an identity crisis. But, some of my younger stud

What’s your message: Millennials
What’s your message for Millennials? Summary: Millennials love “stories” and want to create their own narrative and be brought into a larger “global” narrative. Do not overestimate the pull of social connectedness and interdependence. Millennials love a good message and millennials love a good story. Organizations who “allow” millennials to: 1) join the organization’s narrative and 2) allow millennials to build their own narrative within the organization, have the greatest ch