Working With Others Requires We Gain Generational Intelligence!

HOW YOU SEE:  FAMILY LIFE, RELIGION, LEISURE TIME, AND YOUR WORK ARE ALL SHAPED BY THE DAY AND AGE IN WHICH YOU GREW UP!

 

When I discovered GENERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, I knew I had stumbled upon a tool as profound and enlightening as the day I discovered Behavioral Styles.  An understanding of this information has transformed not only how I view people, but has had a profound impact on how I work with and coach clients.  Learning about Generational Cohorts is similar to learning a new language.  This skill-set takes practice to learn and implement.  My intent, over the next few weeks, is to spark your intrigue, so you will hopefully want to learn more.  As a Business Coach, this is one of the issues creating conflict in the workplace, now learn why!

Along with genetics, behavioral styles, modality, birth order, our generational makeup is at the forefront of how we see the world, view our circumstances, and live out what we value most.  We were molded, to a large degree, by the events and conditions we experienced during the formative years of our lives.

A Generational Cohort is Made Up Those Who Share in:

1. A Similar History

2. Beliefs, Values

3. Like-minded  Attitudes, and Culture

The number one mistake most people make is to think that the other generations must view things, understand things, and think things, like …well like we do.  Different doesn’t mean wrong, just different!

Let’s first look at  the TRADITIONAL GENERATION, and some of what makes them who they are first!

A FEW PEOPLE  who shaped the culture of this generation:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt    John Wayne                           Bob Hope

Joe DiMaggio                               Duke Ellington                      Babe Ruth

Dr. Spock (not Star Trek)       Marilyn Monroe                     Katherine Hepburn

 

A FEW PLACES that shaped the culture of this generation:

Pearl Harbor                              Normandy                            Iwo Jima

Hiroshima/Nagasaki             Bay of Pigs                            Midway

Dance  Clubs                             Where you lived, N or S

 

SOME CENTRAL EVENTS that shaped their future views on almost everything:

WWI  & WWII                                The “A” Bomb                       Prohibition

The Great Depression               The Roaring 20′s                  Tent Revivals

                                                              The New Deal

 

Look back on the above information about the Traditional Generation, answering these questions in the reply post below regarding.

1. Why are they fiercely loyal regarding our country and their family?

2. How do you think they view authority?  Why was it important to obey without questioning?

3. Why were these slogans part of their make-up?  ”Waste not, want not” and “A penny earned, is a penny saved.” and part of their very makeup?

4. Looking over their lives above (with this limited information) can you see what they would value at work?  Explain your answer.

These are the cliff notes of a full-day workshop Sue delivers  as a speaker or trainer.  Although the information is limited, I hope you receive the gist of this post.  It won’t be long before this generation won’t be with us in the work place.  While they’re still with us, what could we do to value them, and accommodate their specific needs?  Something to seriously consider and implement!