#106: Val Grubb — Author of “Clash of the Generations: Managing the New Workplace Reality,” Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Trainer, Founder of Val Grubb & Associates

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Never before have we seen 5 generations of workers at work at the same time.

Almost like a tradition, the previous generation has always bemoaned the newest one as lazy, spoiled, and in general, not as good as they were “back in the day.” Naturally, this can cause quite a lot of friction in a workplace and in the age of social media and 24/7 news cycles, it seems like there’s always some new beef between Millennials and Gen Z’ers, and those that came before.

But today’s guest, Val Grubb, believes there’s strength to be found in these differences.

Val is the founder of Val Grubb & Associates, a coaching and consultancy agency that works with companies such as Siemens, Cathay Bank, Best Buy, and hundreds more. Prior to founding VG&A, Val served as the Vice President of Strategic Operations at NBC Universal, where she oversaw business development opportunities and spearheaded on-air quality initiatives for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Val played a seminal role in the 1999 formation of Oxygen Media and its subsequent success, which led to the company’s purchase by NBC Universal in 2007.

It’s safe to say that Val knows how to lead a team to great success and in her book “Clash of the Generations: Managing the New Workplace Reality,” Val goes into detail about how leaning into and embracing differences between the generations can lead to a greater performing team.

This is another episode you’re not going to want to miss, so with that…let’s bring it in!