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| Despite horror stories of generational differences, today’s workplace is not a hotbed of conflict, according to Josh MacKenzie of Development Beyond Learning, a training organisation that runs courses for corporations on generational harmony in the
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| “A lot of the work we do is to manage the expectation of the younger generation of staff – generation Y as well as the leaders and managers they work with every day,” MacKenzie says. "What we find is there is really no difference in the way staff need to be managed. Generation Y is looking for the same kind of leadership as the generations before them." Social researcher Mark McCrindle, from McCrindle Research, says diversity is a challenge in any workplace and there is always going to be some lack of understanding. |
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| "We tend to think baby boomers don’t understand gen X and they don’t understand gen Y, "McCrindle says. “But there has to be some sort of bridge from both sides for any place to function properly. The Ys have to understand the Xers and the boomers, and they may find themselves having to make a few changes to their own way of thinking to be able to work in what is still a boomer world. “But boomers and Xers also have to remember that gen Y is only responding to the times they live in. They have never known anything except prosperity and economic growth. |
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| Of course every organisation is different. MacKenzie has worked with companies where the average age of employees is 47, and others where senior managers are still in their 20s. “In the next three to five years we will start to see a wave of generation Y
senior executives,” MacKenzie says. “Gen Y is looking for a career path. They still want flexibility, but there is a shift in how organisations are now seeing the benefits of younger workers and how they have to work with them. |
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| “There are more generation Ys in middle managerial positions and they are putting things in place the way they want them. “Generation Y will see things through as long as they can see how it will meet with their values. What they are looking for is
good training and development experience. They have always had security, shelter, money and they are expecting the same things in their work,” he says. |
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| “You find gen Y is choosing employers based on the types of training and development programs in place, but more importantly on the types of leaders that are in an organisation. “They want leaders with whom they can form a relationship – if they don’t trust them and respect them, they won’t stay.” |
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| Josh MacKenzie, 28 – Development Beyond Learning |
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| At the age of just 28, MacKenzie has trained over 3000 young people in personal leadership and professional development. As a partner in Development Beyond Learning, he specialises in training Generation-Y staff, managers and potential leaders in skills such as advanced self-leadership, networking, personal planning and team work and confidence building. |
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