This week Cheryl Cran's Leadership Leadership Tips, Trends & Gems blog is about what the generations have in common, and you might find the answer surprising...
A recent study released by the Conference Board of Canada finds that Zoomers (boomers who refuse to age), Gen X and Y each hold inaccurate stereotypes about the others, and often these stereotypes are negative.
When the question posed to all generations was, "What to you want in the workplace?" the answers were remarkably similar. The list included respect, flexibility, fairness and the opportunity to do interesting and rewarding work. The report was based on a survey of 900 workers with even representation from each generation.
When Cheryl presents her interactive keynotes on the generations in the workplace, she focuses on how each generation can recognize the biases against the other generation and work to bridge the communication gap. The focus is to build 'positive' stereotypes about each of the generations so that we can focus on the strengths of each other and move forward to create more teamwork, more creativity and ultimately a more motivated work force.
Cheryl Cran, CSP works with top performing organizations as a keynote speaker, trainer and consultant on leadership and generations in the workplace.