Talking about Generations

By Sarah Newton* I have noticed a rather worrying trend among young employees that I coach and that is their lack of resilience. Their inability to deal with the stress that can occur in a chaotic work environment, their inability to deal with negative comments from customers and colleagues and the worrying length of time [...]

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By Sarah Newton* As I work with more and more companies, I am seeing something that is very striking; a lack of what I would call a Young Worker Friendly policy. I work a lot with the service, catering and leisure industry which, let’s face it, lives on young employees and yet, for some reason, [...]

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By Sarah Newton* I spend a lot of time coaching Gen X on how to handle Gen Y. You see, even though the generations follow each other, they really are poles apart. For all the times that Gen Y were told they could succeed and do anything, Gen X were told not to show off, [...]

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By Grace Boyle* If you know someone who lives in the United States, you should have probably already heard about the 2010 U.S. Census. I felt like a real adult opening the envelope, ready to “offer” my household information, ballpoint pen in hand. Looks like I’m a small percentage of eager participants in my generation [...]

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*By Carol Phillips I recently finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s best selling book, Eat Pray Love. The book chronicles Gilbert’s literal and figurative spiritual journey toward a deeper relationship with God, but never actually reveals which if any religion speaks to her yearning.  Gilbert, a Gen X’er, seems to have a lot in common with Gen [...]

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By Blake Sunshine* I do not feel like an adult. I support myself, have a job and live 818 miles away from my Mom and Dad, but I still feel like a child most every day. And I know I’m not the only one. Millennials everywhere are having a hard time growing up. I know [...]

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Grace Boyle* I grew up listening to stories from my father, who against his will was sent to fight in Vietnam, grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, saw the fight for civil rights and often disagreed against conventionalism from his parents. During that time there was a large uproar for change and the generation [...]

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By Ines Schinazi Ines: What do you think the workplace will look like in 5 years? Many generational experts seem to think that we are moving away from traditional corporate structures and into a world of freelancers…Do you think this is the case? Bruce: I’m not a futurist. I’d say that work is likely to [...]

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By Ines Schinazi Like was said in the post bellow, here goes the second part of the interview with Bruce Tulgan, the founder of Rainmaker Thinking Inc., best-selling author and the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Toastmaster’s International Golden Gavel, in an exclusive interview with Talking About Generations: Ines: How do the aspects of privilege, [...]

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By Ines Schinazi Parents have never been so influential in their children’s decisions as they are today. Many parents actually accompany their children to job interviews. Some even make a point of dropping them off on the first day of work. Parents regularly complain about heir children’s grades and shamelessly ask bosses to lighten their [...]

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