Leadership and Management
Today’s multi-generational workforce has created wonderful opportunities for better communication between generations, but it has also created challenges in understanding what each other’s words actually mean.
One example is the phrase, “Let’s Chat.”
To a Baby Boomer or Gen-Xer, it could mean, “Let’s go grab a cup of coffee, sit down and talk about it.”
To a Gen-Zer or Millennial, it could mean, “I will send you a text,” or imply a conversation through Facebook or Snapchat.
This example highlights the opportunity provided for us to create better communications between leaders, managers, and everyone else. These are interesting times, as today we might find a 24-year-old manager overseeing a staff ranging from their twenties to their forties and beyond.
The workplace today is in transition — there are leaders and managers who know exactly what they are doing, others that don’t, and then some who know how, but aren’t good at communicating in a way that everyone understands.
LEADING is about inspiration — and allowing people to do what they want to do based on the path you created or started.
MANAGING is the ability to coordinate activities to make sure things are being done efficiently, effectively, and in the intended direction.
