Clash of the Generations

Managing the New Workplace Reality

By: Valerie M. Grubb

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Case studies and strategies for more effective multi-generational management

Clash of the Generations explores this new and increasingly common workplace phenomenon, and provides strategies to help managers navigate this ever-more complex maze. Traditionally, older workers would retire and make room for the next generation; instead, Baby Boomers are now prolonging their time in the workplace, yet the successive generations are still coming in. Senior leaders are now left to manage a blended workplace comprised of up to four generations - each with their own ideas of work ethic, work/life balance, long-term career goals, and much more. Management is challenging at the best of times, but the new prevalence of generation gaps - sometimes even layered - add an entirely new dimension to an already complex responsibility. This book presents case studies and interviews with representatives of companies with age-diverse workforces, detailing innovative strategies for smoothing out the bumps and helping everyone work together. 

Managers have long wished that their positions came with an instruction manual, and this book delivers with a host of effective inter-generational management strategies illustrated by real-world companies.

©2017 Valerie M. Grubb (P)2019 Gildan Media

Wonderful Discussion_Managing Across Generations

What a great discussion on managing across generations. This book reviews the opportunities we all have to manage, learn, and grow no matter which generation we belong to. Val is an awesome guide in the quagmire of our new reality. I would suggest this book to "Boomers" to understand the "X'ers" and the "X'ers" to understand the "Boomers".

Quality Content

I believe there is a lot of excellent information in this book. One thing to note, the book was written well before the COVID-19 Pandemic, so convincing leaders to allow remote work may not seem relevant on the surface, but instructing leaders on how to look at remote work is very relevant.

One topic I thought was incredibly valuable is evaluating others' perceptions and your perception based on the generation you identify with. Further, recognize that the generation labels may be discreet, but the differences are based on shared experiences. The overarching focus on encouraging and training leaders to facilitate rich development discussions that focus on the expectations of individual staff and their expectation is perfect.

Also, I appreciate the focus on placing a high value on growing leadership through feeding new behaviors and challenging your thinking.

This book is expansive in the topics; it provides development guidance and leadership values for early-career and late-career folks. In summary, it's an excellent resource for any leader.

I believe there is a lot of excellent information in this book. One thing to note, the book was written well before the COVID-19 Pandemic, so convincing leaders to allow remote work may not seem relevant on the surface, but instructing leaders on how to look at remote work is very relevant.

One topic I thought was incredibly valuable is evaluating others' perceptions and your perception based on the generation you identify with. Further, recognize that the generation labels may be discreet, but the differences are based on shared experiences. The overarching focus on encouraging and training leaders to facilitate rich development discussions that focus on the expectations of individual staff and their expectation is perfect.

Also, I appreciate the focus on placing a high value on growing leadership through feeding new behaviors and challenging your thinking.

This book is expansive in the topics; it provides development guidance and leadership values for early-career and late-career folks. In summary, it's an excellent resource for any leader.

Talk about a bad voice actress…

The reading of this book is so dry and toneless I wouldn’t be surprised is a computer program was the reader.