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Officer Richard Neil (retired)

Officer Richard Neil (retired). Community Diversity Part 7. MULTIPLE GENERATION WORKPLACES.

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Officer Richard Neil (retired)

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  1. Officer Richard Neil (retired) Community Diversity Part 7

  2. MULTIPLE GENERATION WORKPLACES • Understanding the different generations in the workplace in order to improve our communication skills, increase our productivity, and collectively be more effective in the performance of our duties and management of the offender population • Individual people who think, talk and approach work differently

  3. SPO #13 FOUR GENERATIONS IN THE WORPLACE • Veterans – born before 1943 • Baby Boomers – 1944-1964 • X’ers – 1965-1980 • Millennials/Y – 1981 –2000

  4. VETERANS(Greatest Generation) • Comfortable with a vertical, para-military, chain-of-command type of hierarchy • Respect authority / position and seek clear lines between bosses and subordinates • Very dependable, will not, per se, rock the boat • Had parents who survived the great depression and are, themselves, very frugal • Family unit is intact, divorce is a rarity

  5. VETERANS(Greatest Generation) • Loyal to the agency, in a job for the long haul, sacrifice for their employer • Grew up in a largely segregated and sexist society which directly causes certain opinions about minorities, women, etc • Diversity in the workplace is a new concept • Small percentage are college graduates • Education might have included a high school education, however was not the norm. Many only went as far as the eighth grade • Military enlistment was common

  6. BABY BOOMERS • Love / Hate relationship with authority • Partially believe you should “pay your dues” before moving up the ladder. Tends to cause problems when younger staff member is promoted over older/tenured staff • Due to events of their time, question authority – Vietnam, other actions by government leaders • Very driven; could be considered workaholics • Loyal to the organization, almost to the detriment of their personal lives

  7. BABY BOOMERS • Personal value is determined by the position they hold (Feel have not been successful unless they hold a significant position in the organization by the time they retire or before • Saw country divided over the Vietnam conflict; however, were influenced by civil rights and women’s movements • Tend to seek equality, fairness, and be consensus builders • Women began to have choices and began to enter the workforce • Independence was reflected in the home, divorce rates began to increase • Percentage earned college degrees with a percentage receiving post graduate degrees going directly into the workforce

  8. X’ERS • Very task oriented • Children of the boomers, talk a lot about “quality time” with the kids but never really actualized it because (Boomer parents) were so busy working • Do not want to do the same thing with their children (The Millennials) • Want best of both worlds ; good job and great family

  9. X’ERS • Motto “8” and the gate. (Meaning to put in eight hours of work and leave; no extra additional initiatives spent) • Indifferent to the chain of command; hierarchy is meaningless • Believe recognition for your skill, and based on merit- not tenure (Clashing point between XER’s and Boomers) • Will stay on job as long as they are learning something • Loyalty to oneself comes first, based upon need to balance work and home to remain competitive in the job market

  10. X-ERS • Grew up with a great awareness and tolerance • Women in traditionally male jobs raises few eyebrows with the generation • Representative of the two cohorts that begin to live in a “color blind” world • Higher percentage that the Baby Boomers have college degrees, larger percent have post graduate degrees

  11. MILLENNIALS/Gen Y • Newest group to enter the workforce • Determined – work diligently if they have a say in how the work is done • Thrive on creative opportunities • Believe to establish a career path they must continually move around and expand their skills – lateral transfers not out of the question • See themselves as short term employees in as much that they are more interested in doing as much as then can to make themselves more marketable, more diverse

  12. MILLENNIALS/Gen Y • Grown up with friends who have two parents, were adopted and come from all ethnic groups • Unimpressed by rank, age, tenure; respect co-workers who demonstrate knowledge/expertise in a given area • Closely linked to that of Veterans (i.e. 9/11/01 patriotic – the first since the Vets to witness an attack on American Soil) • Work diligently if they feel they have a say in how the work is done and if opportunities exist for innovation and creativity • Increased percentage have college degree over the XER’S to include post graduate degrees

  13. Officer Richard Neil (retired) www.officerneil.com

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