From the course: Diversity Across Generations: Supporting Workplace Inclusion
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Creating intergenerational collaboration
From the course: Diversity Across Generations: Supporting Workplace Inclusion
Creating intergenerational collaboration
- "The youth walk faster, but the elder knows the road." This African proverb is a great example of how two different levels of experience which may seem diametrically opposed can actually be combined to create the kind of intergenerational collaboration your organization truly needs. If you're serious about succeeding in today's diverse workforce, intergenerational collaboration is the next essential skill you must master. As a manager, your job is to optimize workplace effectiveness and success by intentionally developing your organization and getting the best out of your employees. To accomplish this, everyone needs to understand each generation's strengths, needs, and motivation, and then purposely collaborate, pulling from the best of each generation to produce powerful results. To do so, you must position people so that they partner with colleagues who skills, talents, and abilities compliment their own. In…
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