Generations In The Workplace Archives - Jeff Havens | Keynote Speaker | Leadership Keynote Speaker https://www.jeffhavens.com/category/generations-in-the-workplace Leadership | Generational Issues | Entertaining Thu, 02 May 2024 18:09:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How Our Attitude Toward Change Evolves https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/how-our-attitude-toward-change-evolves https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/how-our-attitude-toward-change-evolves#respond Thu, 02 May 2024 18:09:59 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=14127 This will come as absolutely no surprise, but different people have different attitudes toward change.  Some people like to move fast and break things, and others like to move slower and break fewer things.  So in this article we’re going to explore the concept of change – why some of us like it more than…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/how-our-attitude-toward-change-evolves/feed 0 Are Younger Workers Actually Less Loyal? https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/are-younger-workers-actually-less-loyal https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/are-younger-workers-actually-less-loyal#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:01:38 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=13824 The issue of loyalty is one of the bigger generations tensions in the workplace, and no matter what industry you work in, it tends to follow the same basic pattern, and endless cycle of older, more experienced people bemoaning the lack of loyalty they see in their younger and less-experienced colleagues.  This tension is as…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/are-younger-workers-actually-less-loyal/feed 0 Destroying the Myth of the Disloyal Young Worker https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/disloyal-young-worker https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/disloyal-young-worker#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:34:56 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=13514 As 2022 draws to a close, there are two issues that seem to have completely dominated the year – supply chain, and labor shortage.  Those have been the two key drivers at pretty much every conference I have attended this year.  Fixing the supply chain is beyond my ability.  But dealing with our persistent labor…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/disloyal-young-worker/feed 1 Generation Z Doesn’t Exist https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/generation-z-doesnt-exist https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/generation-z-doesnt-exist#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:10:24 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=10307 How Our Current Generational Model Is Failing Us At this point, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Millennial thing has been talked to death. Billions of words have been written about Millennials, how they differ from their Baby Boomer and Gen X antecedents, and how companies need to change in order to attract Millennial…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/generation-z-doesnt-exist/feed 9 How To Handle Gen Z In The Workplace https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/how-to-handle-gen-z-in-the-workplace https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/how-to-handle-gen-z-in-the-workplace#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:10:05 +0000 http://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=9324 First off, let me say that I’m sorry for using the term ‘Gen Z’ in this title. Personally, I don’t think Generation Z exists. Somewhere along the line we decided that we were inventing a new type of people every 15 years or so, and I just don’t agree. However, that’s the language we use,…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/how-to-handle-gen-z-in-the-workplace/feed 4 How to Talk To Someone Significantly Older or More Experienced Than You Are https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/talk-someone-significantly-older-experienced https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/talk-someone-significantly-older-experienced#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:00:54 +0000 http://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=5091   So you’re stuck working with a bunch of old people. It was probably too much to hope for that they would hire you and then immediately retire en masse, but having that dream fail to materialize is nevertheless disappointing. It’s not that you have a problem with old people, far from it – you…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/talk-someone-significantly-older-experienced/feed 0 Real-World Generational Questions https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/real-world-generational-questions https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/real-world-generational-questions#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:40:46 +0000 http://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=7572 Hey everyone! I just delivered a webinar with BizLibrary to 750 people about generational issues in the workplace. It went pretty well, if the lack of death threats is any indication, and several people asked follow-up questions about specific issues they were facing at work. Since I thought some of you might be facing the…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/real-world-generational-questions/feed 0 2 Things I Learned from My Kids about Generational Differences https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/2-things-learned-kids-generational-differences https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/2-things-learned-kids-generational-differences#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:55:02 +0000 http://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=7341 Hi everyone! I wanted to try something new this month. As you know I talk about generational differences – and given my age and propensity to SnapChat emojis (which I’m not really even sure is a thing), I’m normally talking from the stance of a Young Person in our battle against the crotchety Old People.…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/2-things-learned-kids-generational-differences/feed 0 How To Survive Your Summer Internship (or Your Summer Interns!) https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/survive-summer-internship-summer-interns https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/survive-summer-internship-summer-interns#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2016 02:07:39 +0000 http://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=6951 Hi everyone! We’re almost the halfway point of summer! By now, parents across this country are running out of activities (or money) to keep their kids engaged and are counting down the minutes until school resumes and their lives can return to normal. For some lucky parents, their kids have snagged an internship. Or maybe…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/survive-summer-internship-summer-interns/feed 0 How to Make Millennials Loyal to Your Organization https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/make-millennials-loyal-organization https://www.jeffhavens.com/generations-in-the-workplace/make-millennials-loyal-organization#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:00:02 +0000 http://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=6908 Hi everyone! I’m coming to you from a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet – somewhere over Missouri if my bearings are anywhere accurate (or Missouruh if you’re from there) – on my way back from a speaking engagement in Michigan.   I’m quickly learning that one of most glamourous part of this speaking gig is to…

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