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Leadership

Leading Across Generations

Learn to Use Generational Differences to Improve Your Workplace and Increase Productivity

Overview

The Federal workforce today teems with valuable diversity and difference. While race and gender often dominate diversity discussions, another point of tension (and opportunity) is often overlooked:  generational differences. In today’s workplace, four distinct generations are working together:

  • Traditionalists (born approximately 1922–43)
  • Baby Boomers (1943–60)
  • Generation X (1960–80)
  • Millennials (1980–?)

Although these groups share some outlooks and beliefs, each possesses unique values and attitudes born of its history and experiences. These values significantly impact the workplace styles, eferences, behaviors, and expectations of each generation. Generational differences can cause conflict or dysfunction in the workplace, but if they are understood, recognized, valued, and leveraged, they can result in greater productivity and harmony.

This provocative and interactive seminar will help you understand the histories, personalities, trengths, and challenges of our four workplace generations. You will explore together how to lead, manage, recruit, and retain colleagues of various ages and experience levels.

How Will You Benefit
  • Understand the cycles of generations in American society, and the demographics, events, and trends that have shaped them
  • Become more aware of generational differences and challenges
  • Train yourself to reexamine perceptions and stereotypes of the four generations in your workplace
  • Learn to appreciate and value work-style differences across the generations
  • Recognize the ways age diversity can be a strategic advantage for your organization
  • Develop effective strategies for recruiting and retaining members of the different generations
Who Should Attend

SES members, GS-15s, and their high-performing equivalents
Schedule
  • Feb 19 - 20, ‘09 @ FEI - Charlottesville, VA Register
    $2,665.00
     
Note
Tuition includes materials, meals and lodging
Competencies Emphasized
  • Conflict Management
  • Continual Learning
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • External Awareness
  • Flexibility
Length

2 days.

Location
  • FEI - Charlottesville, VA,
College Credits

N/A

 
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