Developing the four generations

As the four generations of veterans, baby boomers, Gen X & Gen Y work together in organisations it is important for managers to recognise that you have to manage them differently. I was involved in a great debate about this in a recent development programme that I ran and you could see the light bulbs go on in the room as people started to realise: "that is why I get on well with Person A and really struggle to relate to Person B".  If you then explain that Gen Z or the digital natives will be in the workplace within 5 years, and look what has changed in the last 5 years, it is then that you realise that as a manager you have to raise your game...your own personal development is not something you can be complacent about.