{"id":9115,"date":"2020-05-24T18:35:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T23:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=9115"},"modified":"2020-05-24T18:35:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T23:35:44","slug":"how-to-work-with-a-multigenerational-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/business\/how-to-work-with-a-multigenerational-team\/","title":{"rendered":"How to work with a multigenerational team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been a lot of discussion regarding generational differences and actions that can be taken to create an environment that supports everyone regardless of the \u201cgeneration\u201d they are part of.\u00a0 However, Leah Georges challenges the position that generational differences matter and suggests that instead the important focus is not on generational characteristics, but on humans.\u00a0 Perhaps it is best to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pick a person, just one, and explore their onlyness.\u00a0Figure out what they bring to work that no one else can bring to work, because that\u2019s what makes work richer. Then do it again and do it again. Then someday, we\u2019re not working with generations anymore. We\u2019re working with people.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/how-to-work-with-a-multigenerational-team\/?utm_source=recommendation&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=explore&#038;utm_term=ideas-blog-3\">How to work with a multigenerational team<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This post is part of TED&#8217;s &#8220;How to Be a Better Human&#8221; series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. For the first time in modern history, we have five generations interacting at work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a lot of discussion regarding generational differences and actions that can be taken to create an environment that supports everyone regardless of the \u201cgeneration\u201d they are part of.\u00a0 However, Leah Georges challenges the position that generational differences matter and suggests that instead the important focus is not on generational characteristics, but on humans.\u00a0 Perhaps it is best to \u201cPick a person, just one, and explore their onlyness.\u00a0Figure out what they bring to work that no one else can bring to work, because that\u2019s what makes work richer. Then do it again and do it again. Then someday, we\u2019re not working with generations anymore. 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