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CHHSM Annual Meeting February 28, 2014
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YES, AND THOSE DIFFERENCES SOMETIMES OR OFTEN POSED CHALLENGES: 72%
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Generation Traditionalists (4%) Baby Boomers (40%) Gen Xers (34%) Millennials (22%) Other Names Depression Babies The Greatest Generation GIs Silent Generation WWII Generation Boomers The Me Generation Xers Postboomers Twenty- somethings Thirteeners Baby Busters Generation Y The Net Generation The Digital Generation Birth YearsPre-19431943-19601960-19801980-2000 Defining Events and Trends Patriotism Families Great Depression WWII New Deal Korean War Golden Age of Radio Silver Screen Rise of Labor Unions Prosperity Children in the Spotlight TV Vietnam Suburbia Civil Rights Cold War Womens Liberation The Space Race Watergate Latchkey Kids Single Parent Homes MTV AIDS Internet Challenger Disaster Fall of Berlin Wall Persian Gulf War Social Media and Facebook Mobile Computing 9/11 End of Apartheid It Takes A Village Reality TV Multiculturalism Tea Party Occupy Wall Street Tsunami in SE Asia Zemke, Raines, and Filipczak (2013), Generations at Work.
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Generation TraditionalistsBaby BoomersGen XersMillennials Other Names Depression Babies The Greatest Generation GIs Silent Generation WWII Generation Boomers The Me Generation Xers Postboomers Twenty- somethings Thirteeners Baby Busters Generation Y The Net Generation The Digital Generation Birth YearsPre-19431943-19601960-19801980-2000 Defining Events and Trends Patriotism Families Great Depression WWII New Deal Korean War Golden Age of Radio Silver Screen Rise of Labor Unions Prosperity Children in the Spotlight TV Vietnam Suburbia Civil Rights Cold War Womens Liberation The Space Race Watergate Latchkey Kids Single Parent Homes MTV AIDS Internet Challenger Disaster Fall of Berlin Wall Persian Gulf War Social Media and Facebook Mobile Computing 9/11 End of Apartheid It Takes A Village Reality TV Multiculturalism Tea Party Occupy Wall Street Tsunami in SE Asia Zemke, Raines, and Filipczak (2013), Generations at Work.
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Likes consistency and uniformity Likes things on a grand scale Conformers Believes in logic, not magic Disciplined Past-oriented and history absorbed Believes in law and order Spending style is conservative
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Assets Stable Detail-oriented Thorough Loyal Hard-working Liabilities Struggles with ambiguity and change Reluctant to buck the system Uncomfort-able with conflict Reticent when they disagree
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Generation TraditionalistsBaby BoomersGen XersMillennials Other Names Depression Babies The Greatest Generation GIs Silent Generation WWII Generation Boomers The Me Generation Xers Postboomers Twenty- somethings Thirteeners Baby Busters Generation Y The Net Generation The Digital Generation Birth YearsPre-19431943-19601960-19801980-2000 Defining Events and Trends Patriotism Families Great Depression WWII New Deal Korean War Golden Age of Radio Silver Screen Rise of Labor Unions Prosperity Children in the Spotlight TV Vietnam Suburbia Civil Rights Cold War Womens Liberation The Space Race Watergate Latchkey Kids Single Parent Homes MTV AIDS Internet Challenger Disaster Fall of Berlin Wall Persian Gulf War Social Media and Facebook Mobile Computing 9/11 End of Apartheid It Takes A Village Reality TV Multiculturalism Tea Party Occupy Wall Street Tsunami in SE Asia Zemke, Raines, and Filipczak (2013), Generations at Work.
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Believes in growth and expansion Tends to be optimistic Learned about teamwork in school and at home Has pursued personal gratification, often at a high price to themselves and others Has searched their soulrepeatedly, obsessively, recreationally Has always been cool
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Assets Service-oriented Driven Willing to go the extra mile Good at relationships Want to please Good team players Liabilities Not naturally budget minded Uncomfortable with conflict Reluctant to go against peers May put process ahead of result Defensive in the face of feedback Judgmental of those who see things differently Self-centered
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Generation TraditionalistsBaby BoomersGen XersMillennials Other Names Depression Babies The Greatest Generation GIs Silent Generation WWII Generation Boomers The Me Generation Xers Postboomers Twenty- somethings Thirteeners Baby Busters Generation Y The Net Generation The Digital Generation Birth YearsPre-19431943-19601960-19801980-2000 Defining Events and Trends Patriotism Families Great Depression WWII New Deal Korean War Golden Age of Radio Silver Screen Rise of Labor Unions Prosperity Children in the Spotlight TV Vietnam Suburbia Civil Rights Cold War Womens Liberation The Space Race Watergate Latchkey Kids Single Parent Homes MTV AIDS Internet Challenger Disaster Fall of Berlin Wall Persian Gulf War Social Media and Facebook Mobile Computing 9/11 End of Apartheid It Takes A Village Reality TV Multiculturalism Tea Party Occupy Wall Street Tsunami in SE Asia Zemke, Raines, and Filipczak (2013), Generations at Work.
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Self-reliant Wants balance Has a nontraditional orientation about time and space Likes informality Approach to authority is casual Cynical Continues to be technologically savvy Attracted to the edge
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Assets Adaptability Technoliteracy Independence Creativity Willingness to buck the system Liabilities Skeptical Impatient Distrustful of authority Inept at office politics Less attracted to leadership
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Generation TraditionalistsBaby BoomersGen XersMillennials Other Names Depression Babies The Greatest Generation GIs Silent Generation WWII Generation Boomers The Me Generation Xers Postboomers Twenty- somethings Thirteeners Baby Busters Generation Y The Net Generation The Digital Generation Birth YearsPre-19431943-19601960-19801980-2000 Defining Events and Trends Patriotism Families Great Depression WWII New Deal Korean War Golden Age of Radio Silver Screen Rise of Labor Unions Prosperity Children in the Spotlight TV Vietnam Suburbia Civil Rights Cold War Womens Liberation The Space Race Watergate Latchkey Kids Single Parent Homes MTV AIDS Internet Challenger Disaster Fall of Berlin Wall Persian Gulf War Social Media and Facebook Mobile Computing 9/11 End of Apartheid It Takes A Village Reality TV Multiculturalism Tea Party Occupy Wall Street Tsunami in SE Asia Zemke, Raines, and Filipczak (2013), Generations at Work.
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Resiliently optimistic Digital native Collaborative Goal and achievement oriented Diverse Confident
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Assets Collective action Optimism Tenacity Heroic spirit Multitasking capabilities Technological savvy Adept at change Liabilities Need for supervision and structure Demand for constant feedback Helicopter parents Family events trump work
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TraditionalistsBaby BoomersGen XersMillennials OutlookPracticalOptimisticSkepticalHopeful Work EthicDedicatedDrivenBalancedDetermined View of Authority RespectfulLove / HateUnimpressedPolite Leadership byHierarchyConsensusCompetencePulling together RelationshipsPersonal sacrifice Personal gratification Reluctant to commit Inclusive Turn-offsVulgarityPolitical incorrectness Cliché, hypePromiscuity Zemke, Raines, and Filipczak (2013), Generations at Work.
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Recognizing and leveraging what is already present
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Strategic plans to include specific, measurable goals for equipping younger generations to carry the mission into the future (but it may not look the way you want it to) Hiring and retaining generationally diverse employees to include training, celebration, and inclusive policies / benefits Governance and leadership to include boards with younger generations having a significant voice and active role in decision making
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