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\"This book explores how to effectively lead millennial faculty as they navigate the new professoriate. Contributors address some stereotypical millennial characteristics--being achievement oriented, connected to the world, relatively sheltered, and unaware of hierarchy--and how they create advantages and challenges in the higher education workplace\"-- Provided by publisher.

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. * Manage the multi-generation workplace more effectively * Navigate the generational culture clash * Adopt proven strategies for helping everyone get along * Promote a more positive culture amidst clashing expectations Every generation in the workplace has value, each has their own strengths, their own weaknesses, and their own unique talents. Each is indispensable, and when they come together as a synergistic force, they can be unstoppable. Effective management means bringing out the best in your workforce, and the strategies presented in Clash of the Generations help you streamline your varied workforce into a team more valuable than the sum of its parts.

A generations expert and author of When Generations Collide and The M-Factor, teams up with his seventeen-year-old son to introduce the next influential demographic group to join the workforce--Generation Z. At 72.8 million strong, Gen Z (born between 1995 and 2012) is about to make its presence known in the workplace in a major way, and employers need to understand the differences that set them apart. They're radically different than the Millennials, and yet no one seems to be talking about them--until now. This generation has an entirely unique perspective on careers and how to succeed in the workforce. Based on the first national studies of Gen Z's workplace attitudes; interviews with hundreds of CEOs, celebrities, and thought leaders on generational issues; cutting-edge case studies; and insights from Gen Zers themselves, Gen Z @ Work offers knowledge today's leaders need to get ahead of the next gaps in the workplace and how best to recruit, retain, motivate, and manage Gen Zers.

Many assumed characteristics of generational groupings are actually \"myths, \" meaning that generational stereotypes are not accurate across all members of a generation. This book explores the Generation Myth by highlighting the complexity of the \"generation\" concept beyond simple age-based groupings and suggests that the over reliance of generational stereotypes in workplaces and society can lead to less than optimal interactions and even conflict. Several successful strategies are presented throughout to help improve intergenerational relationships.

Demographische Veränderungen führen dazu, dass der oder die Vorgesetzte in einem Team nicht immer der oder die Älteste ist. Vielmehr kommt es in der aktuellen Arbeitswelt häufiger denn je dazu, dass hochqualifizierte, engagierte Arbeitnehmer deutlich ältere, erfahrene Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter führen. Dies führt nicht selten zu Spannungen und stellt für jede Nachwuchsführungskraft eine besonders herausfordernde Situation dar. Dieser Ratgeber gibt der jungen Führungskraft konkrete Werkzeuge an die Hand, um Spannungen von vornherein zu vermeiden und die entsprechenden Herausforderungen zu meistern. Ein Schwerpunkt dieses Buches liegt auf der Lösungsfokussierten Führung und der Verhaltensanalyse DISG. Letztere Methode basiert darauf, dass gerade junge Führungskräfte Mitarbeitende und deren Verhalten nicht aus dem Bauch heraus interpretieren und bewerten, sondern dazu eine bewährte Methode einsetzen sollten. Mittels DISG kategorisieren Führungskräfte ihre Mitarbeitenden anhand ihres Verhaltens und passen Ansprache und Interaktion situativ an. Die lösungsfokussierte Führung ist ein weiterer Schwerpunkt dieses Ratgebers. Gerade junge Führungskräfte wecken aufgrund des Altersunterschieds bei ihren Mitarbeitenden häufig die Befürchtung, die bisherigen Leistungen würden nicht wertgeschätzt, erfahrene Mitarbeitende übergangen und Bewährtes über Bord geworfen. Lösungsfokussierte Führung jedoch baut jedoch gerade darauf auf, die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter wertzuschätzen und Ihnen diese Wertschätzung deutlich zu zeigen. Es geht darum, bewährte Prozesse und Vorgehensweise zu identifizieren und aufrecht zu erhalten und Mitarbeitende in Entscheidungsprozesse einzubinden, ihnen Verantwortung zu übertragen und ihre Kompetenzen zu stärken. Neben diesen beiden Schwerpunkten setzt sich dieser Ratgeber unter anderem mit der Frage nach guter Führung und den Folgen schlechter Führung auseinander.

\"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. Manage the multi-generation workplace more effectively Navigate the generational culture clash Adopt proven strategies for helping everyone get along Promote a more positive culture amidst clashing expectations Every generation in the workplace has value, each has their own strengths, their own weaknesses, and their own unique talents. Each is indispensable, and when they come together as a synergistic force, they can be unstoppable. Effective management means bringing out the best in your workforce, and the strategies presented in Clash of the Generations help you streamline your varied workforce into a team more valuable than the sum of its parts\"--

For the first time in history, four distinct and very different generations are working together. Generational conflict is one of the last bastions of acceptable discrimination in today's workplace. Each generation has different beliefs, expectations, values, learning styles, and desires. These result in a strong tendency for them to adopt different work habits. Managing employees of several generations is not an easy task, but it is the reality of the business world today. The creation of a culture and coordinating programs that foster communication and collaboration between all of the generations present in the workforce will help to alleviate the difficulties managers may encounter. In order to truly create a cohesive workplace, managers must encourage employees to view generational difference as a valuable strength rather than a weakness. Based on rigorous academic research, Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce identifies the characteristics of the different generations, considers their expectations and values, and how these influence the way they relate to each other. The authors then examine implications for organizational culture and structures, recruitment and retention tactics, training, and management styles and approaches. This book actually tackles the issue of properly integrating the newest generation - the 'Millennials', into the workforce and challenges the unrealistic belief that all that needs to happen is for younger generations to be 'changed' to conform to workforce norms. As younger generations enter the workforce, and eventually dominate it, workforce norms will change. Any firm or manager competing in today's war for top talent will find this book indispensable. Dr. Robert G. (Rob) DelCampo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Organization Studies, University of New Mexico, holding the Rutledge Endowed Professorship in Management. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Administrative Sciences and Associate, Editor of The Business Journal of Hispanic Research and was recently named to New Mexico Business Weekly's \"40 Under 40\" top young professional list and one of Albuquerque The Magazine's \"15 People Who Will Change Albuquerque\". Rob has published or presented over 75 papers and is the author of 5 books. He has consulted for over 25 Fortune 500 companies including Ford, Home Depot, Dell and Intel. Rob earned a Ph.D. from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and holds MBA and undergraduate degrees from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Lauren A. Haggerty attended the University of New Mexico earning degrees in Accounting (BBA) and Organizational Behavior/Human Resources (MBA). Currently, she works in Student Affairs where she deals with Millennials on a day-to-day basis. Meredith Jane Haney attended the University of New Mexico where she attained a bachelor's in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting. She earned her MBA concentrating in Management Information Systems, Information Assurance, and Organizational Behavior/Human Resources from the Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico. Lauren Ashley Knippel graduated with her bachelor's in Business Administration with a focus in Human Resources and Organizational Leadership from the Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico. She attained her MBA concentrating in Strategic Planning. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Overview of the generations; Millennials; Expectations and values; Building relationships; Psychological contracts; Organizational structure, culture and training; Recruitment and retention tactics; Managerial styles; References; Index.