How to manage a multi-generational workforce
Today's multi-generational workforce poses unique challenges for CIOs and managers. Baby Boomers, Generation X and millennials all bring unique strengths to work, but as more millennials are being promoted to leadership positions, the potential for workplace disruptions is high.
"The Baby Boomers -- those who aren't retiring, at least -- have the benefit of experience. Generation X workers have patiently "waited their turn," and they feel that they should move into leadership positions by virtue of their working their way up. But companies are desperately in need of the technology skills, the flexibility and adaptability of millennials, and that's pushing many of them into leadership roles, which can be really disruptive," says Dan Schawbel, partner and research director at Future Workplace and New York Times bestselling author of Promote Yourself.
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