Learn to Lead Multi-Generations

Download Vanderbilt University’s compelling 'Learning Tool' for managers of multi-generational workforces

IEDP Editorial

Monday 15 April 2019

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With millennials making up over half the global workforce, a younger generation now joining it, and older people living longer and wanting to work into their 70s, the multi-generational workforce is ubiquitous.

For organizations to perform effectively managers at all levels must learn to accommodate the different outlooks and motivations of diverse generational groups and understand the dynamics of multi-generational teams.

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DOWNLOAD: MANAGING THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL WORKFORCE

A complimentary Learning Tool from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University

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In this accessible learning tool, Professor Cherrie Wilkerson, Assistant Dean for Young Professional Programs at Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, offers essential, research-based, advice to help managers ensure different generations collaborate effectively at work. These are her 5 key action points:

Encourage Diversity
Break Down Silos
Foster Mutual Mentoring
Understand Individual Needs
Ease Intergenerational Dynamics

Finally, the tool encourages you to take Time to Reflect with questions designed to help learners turn theory into practice.

We’re the B-School built for the persistent. The genuine. The professional who knows he or she hasn’t heard it all before-and uses that humility to grow. To learn. To change. Take note of Vanderbilt. We’re building a new type of business leader-together.