How do Generational Differences Affect the Workplace?

Sara Lizzie
Generations X Y Z
Published in
3 min readJul 10, 2015
Generations

Times are changing when it comes to working with one another in a professional environment and there are keynote speakers that can address many of these issues in depth with public speaking strategies that are impactful, friendly and strengthen camaraderie between employees.

One of the biggest changes and challenges between the workplace business relationships is in generational differences between management and staff.

In past generations it was not uncommon for everyone working at the same level to be around the same age, with superiors being older and on the job for a much longer amount of time. In this modern era of technologically inclined youths and adults not discovering their true calling until later in adulthood it is becoming increasing common for generations to be scattered across the workplace, and this creates problems surrounding communication and expectations.

A keynote speaker that specializes in generational differences as they relate to the workplace business relationship can assist companies to improve relations on a number of levels including:

Improving Communication between Managers and Employees

A keynote speaker can be hired to visit a working environment to provide personalized training and support for managers that work with a large number of employees that span many generations. More managers are discovering that an effective reward or reprimand for one employee may have a completely difference affect for another based on age and the expectation with being raised and trained in another decade. A keynote speaker can discuss strategies for communicating with employees of any age in ways that make managers the leaders they have been hired to be while keeping employees feeling supported and content within their roles.

Improving Sales through understanding Generations.

One area where a keynote speaker is guaranteed to be an asset is when it comes to selling services to customers that are younger than the status quo. This has become extremely common in financial services as sales reps have been used to selling to baby boomers for years but now with the age of buyers shifting to millennials and buyers of younger generations the expectations, wants and needs of these markets has also changed. This makes selling financial services significantly more challenging. A keynote speaker that has researched and experienced generational differences can offer valuable insight and training in to this new, younger market and how to sell to these individuals.

Improving the Workplace Business Relationship

When employees are getting along with one another the entire company is content from the inside out. There is nothing worse than turbulence at the core of the business but generational gaps and differences have caused come ripples in the calmness of most businesses. A keynote speaker can be hired for a seminar and will point out these differences and challenges that come with this new working environment in a way that is fun, humorous and offers employees the chance to get to know one another and bond on a personal and casual level.

Business can speak with Generational Insights if they would like to improve their workplace business relationship through seminars on communicating across the generations.

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