Steps to Creating a
Successful Multi-Generational Workforce
A combination of
generations in the workplace can be a successful venture but only if all sides
are willing to comply with one another. Older generations have built a career on
the knowledge and experiences they have gained. Newer generations, often fresh
out of college, think they know everything. They have spent the previous four
years studying in a higher learning institution and have earned their place, no
matter the starting position, in your company. In order for a multi-generation
workforce to garner respect from one another and become assets to the company,
they must possess an acceptance and the willingness to learn from one another.
Sizing up Cross-Generation
Competition
Do not let age deceive you
or become the basis of the opinion you form of an older or younger employee or
coworker. As the age of retirement is consistently pushed upwards, more and more
“baby boomers” are staying in the workforce and all but demanding a certain
level of respect they have worked so hard to establish.
Sizing up a coworker based
on their age is a fruitless venture. Focus on the person’s attributes and
contributions to the company rather than age.
Focusing on age tells you
nothing about your coworker except maybe they are too young to be the next
leader of our country or that they may have amassed a clan of grandchildren.
More importantly, it won’t help you establish a line of communication or show
you how to work alongside one another in a productive manner. In order to create
an industrious working relationship and workforce, you will need to focus on the
information that pertains to the contributions you can make to the company
together.
The Assessment Report
The assessment report
contains vital information necessary in building a strong, multi-generational
working relationship. The assessment report will tell you what the other persons
values are, what motivates them to take action and the personal skills they
bring to the job at hand. Taking the time to read the assessment report will
hand you details about your coworker that you never would have taken into
account based on their age. Look for these characteristics.
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Hands on
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Personal accountability
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Takes initiative
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Gets the job done
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Able to focus
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Makes steady contributions
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Natural team builder
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Talkative
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Embraces new ideas
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Willingness to learn new skills
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Capable of decision making
Making the Adjustment
With a better understanding
of your coworker it is time to come together and compromise. All people, no
matter their generation have a preferred method of communication. Older
generations tend to be more “stuck in their ways” so to speak, so it may be more
conducive for the younger generation to make a larger adjustment when it comes
to communication. At least at first.
You know how you communicate
the best. After reading your coworker’s assessment report, you have a better
understanding of which communications methods work best for them and which ones
they prefer. Make establishing an open and constructive line of communication
between generations a priority. Find your common ground and work from there.
Once an open line of
communication has been established, determining how you can boost and compliment
one another’s job performance will appear easy. You may realize that your
coworker from an older generation has a library of experience and has the tools
it takes to complete the project at hand. A coworker from the older generation
can learn new techniques and styles from the newer generation. Combining these
two aspects as well as others can create an explosive new way to enhance one’s
job skills making contributions to the company excel.
Not only will one generation
benefit from the next, the company as a whole will benefit profitably and
favorably.
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