Managing a Multigenerational Workplace: Myths vs. RealitiesPresenter: Shira Harrington
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For the first time in our contemporary workplace, we have at least divergent four generations exhibiting widening gaps in their perception of life at work. Differences in work ethic, life values, work-life balance expectations, teamwork, communication styles and relationship to authority are just some of the challenges facing employers and their staff. Moreover, with new entrants to the workforce accustomed to a global, technology-driven environment and non-techno savvy Baby Boomers facing retirement, recruiting, retaining and managing these disparate age groups can be a daunting task!
Gain key strategies for attracting, on-boarding and retaining each age group, particularly the Baby Boomer and Millennial generations. Human Resource professionals will be able to create bridges of understanding among their staff to promote retention of top performers.Line managers will be able to open channels of communication with direct reports, peers and senior management to better leverage their performance and gain maximum results from internal clients.
What You Will Learn
In this interactive session, you will learn:
1. Who are the “Veteran” generation and how is our current workforce still shaped by their values?
2. How do you retain aging Baby Boomers with an eye still toward developing younger generations?
3. How do you leverage the labor-tight “Gen X,” pool and incorporate them into your succession planning?
4. What are the attitudes of the “Millennials,” and how do you prepare your workforce for the “next greatest generation”?
Who Should Participate?
* Senior management
* Human Resources professionals
* Line managers
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Bio: Shira Harrington, CPC
Shira Harrington, CPC, is a consultant and presenter on managing the multigenerational workforce. An outgrowth of her successful recruiting career, Shira brings her extensive research and her unique, ‘real world’ perspective of the world at work to bridge the perceived gaps between the generations and prepare executives for the coming labor shortage. Differences in work ethic, life values, work-life expectations, teamwork, communication styles and relationship to authority are just some of the challenges facing employees of each generation. Moreover, as Baby Boomers prepare to retire, employers are likely to be short-handed unless succession planning begins now.
Shira has been a Sr. Recruiting Consultant with Positions Inc. since 1994 and plays an active role in the Washington, DC metropolitan human resources community. She was recently the Vice President of Programs for the Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area; she has been on the program committee of the Finance and Administration Roundtable and she runs a monthly brown bag lunch for human resources professionals. She earned her Masters in Public Relations, with a focus on employee communications, from the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Price: $189.00