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When Generations Collide: Who They Are. Why They Clash. How to Solve the Generational Puzzle at Work

by Lynne C Lancaster

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If your workplace feels like a battle zone and colleagues sometimes act like adversaries, you ore not alone. Today four generations glare at one another across the conference table, and the potential for conflict and confusion has never been greater.

  • Traditionalist employees with their "heads down, onward and upward" attitude live out a work ethic shaped during the Great Depression.

  • Eighty million Baby Boomers vacillate between their overwhelming need to succeed and their growing desire to slow down and enjoy life.

  • Generation Xers try to prove themselves constantly yet dislike the image of being overly ambitious, disrespectful, and irreverent.

  • Millennials, new to the workforce, mix savvy with social conscience and promise to further change the business landscape.

This insightful book provides hands-on methods to close the generation gaps. With effective tools to recruit, retain, motivate, and manage each generation, you can now create teamwork, not war, in today's highperformance workplace . . . where at any age, productivity is what counts.

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Drawn from in-depth studies and research, a valuable resource to comprehending and managing age-related conflicts between co-workers reveals how to quell problems between Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and Millennials, showing how to effectively recruit, retain, and motivate each ty

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Updated with a new Foreword, this insightful guide shows how to solve problems among traditionalists, baby boomers, generation Xers, and Millennials--and how to recruit, retain, motivate, and manage each of them most effectively.

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About the Author

Baby Boomer Lynne C. Lancaster is a Phi Beta Kappa summa cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota. She earned her stripes as a corporate communication consultant to companies such as CocaCola and Pillsbury, where she conducted research and coached executives on communication strategy. Lynne has served as a contributing faculty member at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, and her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The Futurist and Nation's Business. Lynne is married and stepmother to two Gen Xers.

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ISBN:
9780066621074
Subtitle:
Who They Are. Why They Clash. How to Solve the Generational Puzzle at Work
Author:
Lancaster Lynne, C.
Author:
by Lynne C Lancaster and David Stillman
Author:
Lancaster, Lynne C.
Author:
Stillman, David
Publisher:
Harper Paperbacks
Location:
New York
Subject:
Human Resources & Personnel Management
Subject:
Human Services
Subject:
Training
Subject:
Supervision of employees
Subject:
Diversity in the workplace
Subject:
Age groups
Subject:
Intergenerational relations
Subject:
Conflict of generations
Subject:
Management - General
Subject:
Management
Subject:
Age groups -- United States.
Edition Description:
1st HarperBusiness pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
bk. 2
Publication Date:
March 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.10x5.32x.92 in. .62 lbs.
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