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Baby Boomers
Baby Boomers
Management Tips: • Provide opportunity • Value personal gratification • Seek high achievement • Motivate with public recognition • Put in team situations
• Motivation • Use the personal approach (“I really need you to do this for me.”) • Give lots of public recognition • Give them a chance to prove themselves and their worth • Involve them in decision-making • Reward their work ethic and long work hours
• Give credit and respect for their accomplishments • Provide a warm, humane workplace along with a dynamic work environment • Set their course, show them where they can make a difference
Generation X
The Xers
• Goal: To maintain independence • Coined “work-life balance” in the workplace • Naturally question authority figures • Possess strong technical skills, • More independent than the prior generations • Exceed expectations and deliver results
Generation X
Generation X
Managing Tips: • Show genuine concern for their lives • Do not over-manage • Ask their opinion and clearly use their recommendations • Create a fun environment • Encourage freedom in establishing their workspace • Offer flexible work arrangement • Be direct and straightforward • Manage by objectives • Look for opportunities for them to develop others
• Work Approach: A Difficult Challenge • Want structure and direction, skeptical • Leadership style: Everyone is the same • Consistently ask, “Why?” • Communication preference is direct and immediate • Work/life balance: Balance, “Work to Live” • Job changing is necessary to get ahead • Money: Cautious, conservative, save, save, save • Mantra: I can do it myself
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