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Authentic Leadership for Age Diversity In the article “Bridging the Gap Between Gen X and Gen Y: Lessons From Authentic Leadership,” the authors highlight the issues of age diversity with a specific focus on issues between Generation X and Generation Y in the United States. They state that there are several attitudes, preferences, and characteristics that define each generation and create a fertile ground for organizational conflict. They argue that the solution for leaders with age diversity dilemmas

generation too disconnected from the real world? If we are it is only going to get worse for future generations. Generation X (1961-1981) is the generation that my parents were born into and is the generation that I think has had the most influence on the people in my generation because they were the people that raised us. I recently asked my mom, who is part of Gen X, “what was technology like growing up?” Although she obviously did not grow up with the same kind of technology that I did, she

generations: the “Baby Boomers,” “Generation X,” and “Generation Y.” The “Baby Boomers” were born during and after the 2nd World War (1940 to 1960). This generation has a legacy of expertise, “old-fashioned” autocratic management, and healthy productivity. “Boomers” are known to work hard, remain loyal to their employers, and receive promotions on the basis of hard work and high skill. Technology was rather limited (Hewitt and Ukpere, 2012). “Generation X” (“Gen-Xers”), born from about 1960 – 1980, maintained

different generations is to offer diversity in teaching styles in order to satisfy the different preferences. As of now, there are four generations that are in the workforce and those four generations are: The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials. This paper will examine the characteristics of these four generations, how their learning styles differ, and what to

generations that currently make up the workplace (Traditionalist, Baby boomers, Genration X and Millennials) and seeks to provide

Generation X by Douglas Coupland reveals the struggles of the post-baby boomer generation in asserting themselves as conventionally successful members of society. Written and set in Palm Springs, California, the book tells the tale of three close friends who, falling into the group of people born after the post-war baby-boom, have left behind their old lives and moved to Palm Springs in search of a cleaner, less materialistic existence. Originally meant to be a non-fiction handbook for the generation

qualified workers and the importance of engaging and retaining mature workers to help meet that challenge. A recent Gallup poll found that Traditionalists and Baby Boomers are actually more engaged while at work than their younger counter-parts Gen x and Gen Y (Gallup, 2013). While their engagement percentage is higher, we shouldn’t get too encouraged by that; it is still a shockingly low number: 42% of Traditionalists and 32% of Baby Boomers (Gallup, 2013). That means the remaining 58% and 68% respectively

time in American history that we have had four different generations working together in the workplace. This has caused employee engagement issues in the workplace. As the Millennial Generation or Generation Y, abbreviated to Gen Y) are the demographic between Generation X and Generation Z. There are no precise dates for when the generation starts and ends (history.com). The term baby boomer a person born in the years following World War II, when there was a temporary marked increase in the birth

“We are gradually changing from a nation of calloused hands to a nation of agile brains.” – Marcel Just. (Begley 92) This quote really speaks to me. I find it to be very true as we are focusing more on developing new technology to do the work we might be doing with our hands. It is similar to the common expression “Work Smarter not Harder”. I think that this is what the internet is letting us do. However many authors and writers do not think this is the case. They believe that the internet is making

Generation X Generation X also known as the baby bust generation is categorized for individual who were born from 1961-1979 (Dwyer, 2009). According to Foot and Stoffman (1998, p. 26), generation X is not a separate generation, but rather the concluding stages of the baby boom generation (as cited by Dwyer, 2009). Generation X was pushed toward adulthood at an age earlier than any other recent generation as they suffered the backlash from the world’s focus on Baby Boomers and their worldview was