Clash of the Generations, Valerie M. Grubb
Clash of the Generations, Valerie M. Grubb
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Clash of the Generations
Managing the New Workplace Reality

Author: Valerie M. Grubb

Narrator: Randye Kaye

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/19/2019


Synopsis

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beck on September 11, 2020

This book gets boring and repetative quickly. I don't know how many times it is stated things like how "Boomers (for the most part) no longer want to just retire and a partial part-time schedule works for them." Or, how the Millenials are "enthusiasic" only to be shot down by Boomers. So, when this......more

Goodreads review by Mahmoud on February 11, 2020

Nice clarifications of differences in beliefs, needs, motivators, and the way of thinking at work between baby boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z. It focuses on the importance of such diversity in workplace and how to benefit from it. It is good for leaders to go through it to understand how dif......more

Goodreads review by Alice on January 26, 2017

Val Grubb has tackled this growing problem for many of us human resource professionals head on. I've spent the last twenty years in Human Resources and I find I spend more time trying to mediate between generations who are trying to communicate to get the job done. Many of our managers have come up......more

Goodreads review by Bernhard on September 02, 2020

Valerie describes the ups and downs between generations. It's a highly recommended read when you want to hire someone who most likely chooses a lifestyle from another generation. It's not about your age but the different needs of generations in the now.......more

Goodreads review by Ingrid on November 16, 2016

An essential guide for managing employees of any age! Grubb's premise is that no one management style fits all. We need to be cognizant of what motivates each employee to do great work, and generation is one important differentiating factor.......more