EP 83 - Generational Diversity in the Workplace with Lindsey Pollak

The Work from Home Podcast

Would you employ a teenager in your workplace or someone your grandfather’s age if you had the chance? Lindsey Pollak brings an exciting fresh take on generational diversity in the work environment and helps us understand how we can get value from these age differences.

Linda explains the different generations in various workforces around the world, from “Baby boomers” to “millennials” to “Generation-Z.” She talks about younger people taking leadership roles in North America because of their tech skills but shares interesting anecdotes about people in older generations still offering value in terms of history and solutions during the sometimes unpredictable periods of technology. Linda helps us understand how this diversity fuels creativity and innovation in the work environment.

Linda also details ways to learn relations with diverse age groups, from our family structures to making efforts to relate with different age groups at gatherings, and finally, discarding stereotypical assumptions about specific age groups in the work environment. She finally explains how successful multigenerational organizations are those where everyone is passionate about “the big picture” and not hung up on generational differences.

About

Lindsey Pollak is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading career and workplace

experts. She was named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, which honors the top global management thinkers whose work is shaping the future of how organizations are managed and led. Lindsey’s latest book is a response to the Covid crisis: Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work and was published by HarperCollins in March 2021. Her other books include The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace, Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders and Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. Lindsey’s speaking audiences and consulting clients have included more than 250 corporations, law firms, conferences and universities. Her advice and opinions have appeared in such media outlets as The TODAY Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and NPR.

Link

Website https://lindseypollak.com/

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