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Miscommunication…
Employee conflict…
Work ethic debates…
Loyalty issues…
Varying wants and needs…

Are you a manager, human resources professional, or co-worker? If so, you are faced with all these types of issues every day. But why?

Currently, we have five generations in the workplace including Radio Babies (1930-1945), Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1976), Generation Y (1977-1991), and even some Millennials (1991 forward). While there is a great deal of difference between these generations there are also many similarities. The individuals and organizations that learn to leverage the similarities and differences of the generations will be the ones to succeed.

Whether at work or running through the local convenience store, we encounter individuals from different generations with varying perspectives influenced by their upbringing and daily lives. The key to making these encounters successful is learning to understand the point of view of each generation and respecting their differences.

The co-authors have taken a dynamic approach by writing in two distinct voices, a Baby Boomer and a Gen Xer, using a point-counterpoint approach to raise differences and similarities across generations. This approach also provides concrete recommendations to bridge communication gaps, offered from both authors’ generational perspectives.

The co-authors share hands on experiences, real life cases, recommended solutions, and research on how members of any generation can relate to people in other age groups to minimize conflict, miscommunication, and wasted energy. You will learn what each generation thinks of the others and how they wish the others viewed them. The co-authors will endeavor to debunk commonly held stereotypes about the generations both younger and older. This book is filled with many strategies and solutions that you can immediately begin implementing to help build your bridge between the generations.

Baby Boomer - Dr. Linda Gravett, SPHR,CEQC (Cincinnati, OH) with Gravett and Associates, e-HResources.com, and Just the Basics, Inc., is a national speaker and human resources consultant specializing in generational differences workplace ethics and Emotional Intelligence. Linda has a strategic, big-picture approach towards understanding age differences. To balance her perspective is Gen Xer - Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR (Loveland, OH) with Strategic Human Resources, Inc. and e-HResources.com, specializing in competitive retention and recruitment strategies in the workplace. Robin has a practical, “tell it like it is” approach towards tearing down stereotypes and building collaboration to improve organizational effectiveness.