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How to Manage a Multi-Generational Workforce

Multi-generations reside in the workforce and managing the different generations can be challenging. How does a manager bring together different work perspectives so that each generation understands and respects the needs of others? How many different generations are now working together?

Silent Generation – before 1945 and they are in their 70s and 80s and are still working. Not all because of finances, as people are living longer and still have something to contribute to a company. They had a strong work ethic and given it was during the time of McCarthy Era; many felt it was dangerous to speak out. It’s not uncommon for them to have judgments around the younger generations as being entitled.

Does Limiting Employee Supervision Enhance Performance

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Managers have ongoing thoughts and conversations on “how to best manage teams to gain the most performance from them?” If a manager wants to be effective in increasing the performance of each person in their team, then they need a clear vision on how to partner with each person. People have different needs, performance ability as well as motivation in their performance. In a manager’s toolbox, there may be several different ways to increase performance, though how does a manager motivate his team for higher performance?

Manager’s Responsibility

Do You Respond or React with Employees?

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Managers typically focus on performance or behaviors that either enhance or hinder performance with each person on their team. How a manager goes about ensuring that employees meet their responsibilities make a difference between an employee responding or reacting to the manager.

Reacting

An employee who reacts to a discussion with his or her manager is defensive and will not hear the message and will have an adverse reaction to the manager. Whenever anyone reacts, including the manager, it’s a quick reaction without much thought and creates negativity in the communication. There is no time to think about the best solution; rather the reaction is laden with emotions.

The Top Skill a Manager Needs

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As a manager, you are there to inform employees what each position requires and to give them the opportunity to meet those requirements and expectations. I know that you have heard this before; you may not realize just how critical your role is to the bottom line of the company’s profits. If you build and implement strong management skills, your staff, as well as the company, will thrive in a very competitive business environment.

Listening

How to Increase Employee Engagement

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Are managers clear around how to best engage their employees? Maybe they too suffer from lack of full engagement. Gallup’s most recent research finds that only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work.

I found at Dale Carnegie Training an infographic on “The Importance of Employee Engagement.” If you look at their stats:

$11 BILLION is lost annually due to employee turnover
Companies with Engage Employees outperform others up to 202%
71% of all employees are not fully engaged

The site also provides drivers of disengagement, traits of an engaged employee and guidelines to help lead the way to increase employee’s engagement with the company.

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