Managing Teams From Gen-Z to Boomer

By: Jennifer Romolini

Narrated by: Jennifer Romolini

For the first time, there are five distinct generations sharing the workplace at many American companies - from Baby Boomer to Generation Z. That means an age difference of up to 60 years and a multitude of experiences and attitudes. More crucially, it means there are tremendous challenges - as well as significant opportunity - when trying to foster collaboration between these diverse groups.

In this workshop, workplace culture expert (and proud Gen Xer) Jennifer Romolini examines this extraordinary phenomenon and how it has upended typical management strategies. She guides you through the biases and stereotypes that can cause intergenerational teams to stumble, exploring how to encourage collaboration across diverse working styles. And she shows how fresh thinking, innovative hiring and reporting structures, and effective communication can build teams in which everyone thrives, innovates, and succeeds.

Key takeaways:

• How age stereotypes can linger even in the most progressive workplaces
• Why some management styles don’t work in today’s diverse office
• Why avoiding labels - even in jest - is vital
• How to recognize the difference between self-advocacy and entitlement
• How hiring across generations can inject vitality and diversity

About the mentor:

Jennifer Romolini, a writer, speaker, consultant, and career expert, is the author of Weird in a World That’s Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures, the sharp-witted guide to getting the keeping the job you want. She was chief content officer for Shondaland.com as well as editor in chief for HelloGiggles and Yahoo Shine and ran the editorial operations for Yahoo’s Lifestyle sites.

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Obvious

Jennifer hits some problems that are obvious to us all, but lack practical team-building solutions.

very well explained

Narrated extremely well. just the information I need at this point in my career as I've recently mentioned to my managers my interest in developing my leadership skills.

In a nutshell

Short and bytesized. 6 chapters about 7-10 minutes
Full of practical points
Summarizes along the way

Your sincerity & integrity (intentional)respect matters

It is a great introduction to the course of embracing what is right and true in managing 101, operations, ppl, & accountants

Great Info for Quick Reminders

Good quick run-through, and reminder, of how to properly act in a business setting. The background noises kept making me think that my phone was ringing. They could’ve done without that “music.”