WORKING ACROSS GNERATIONS MASFAP跨代 masfap.ppt

WORKING ACROSS GENERATIONS Jason Crowe and Ginny D’Angelo OBJECTIVES To understand four generations in the workplace—their characteristics and needs To be aware of demographics in your workplace vs. the marketplace To gain insights into leading across generations GENERATION TYPES BIRTH YEAR 1922-1945 Traditionalists, Veterans, Silent Generation 1946-1964 Baby Boomers, The Sandwich Generation 1965-1980 Gen Xers, Generation Xers, Xers 1981-2000 Millennial’s, Gen Y, Nexters SILENT GENERATION Nearly fifty million Americans were born to the Silent Generation in America from the beginning of 1925 through 1942. This generation is comparatively small when compared to the surrounding generations because people had fewer children in the 1920s and 1930s, in response to financial and global insecurity. Silents are about 95% retired at this point. The Silent Generation was the generation born between the two World Wars, who were too young to join the service when World War II started. Many had fathers who served in World War I. SILENT GENERATION TECHNOLOGY Radio and Television CORE VALUES Patriotic Conformers Discipline Respect for Authority SILENT GENERATION EXPERIENCES WWI / WWII Holocaust Great Depression Roaring 20’s FDR Administration SILENT GENERATION Members of this generation experienced vast cultural shifts in the U.S., and struggled with conflict morals, ideas, and desires. The 1920s was, for 8 years and 3/4 of 1929, a very happy decade. The last 1/4 was the Stock Market Crash that could have started the Great Depression that lasted straight through the 1930 s, not ending until mid-1940. A war started before 1920, and a war broke out in 1929. Although it was called the Great Depression, people killed others, killed themselves, became homeless, and became penniless. Actually, the eight years of happiness might have felt like a small vacation to a person who lived during the tim