{"id":1483,"date":"2008-03-25T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/how-to-run-a-gen-x-meeting\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T20:47:12","slug":"how-to-run-a-gen-x-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/how-to-run-a-gen-x-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Run A Gen X Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a Gen Xer, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sellingpower.com\/html_newsletter\/article.asp?NLid=3&amp;Layout_ID=741&amp;ARTid=3339&amp;nDate=March%2010,%202008\">this article<\/a> caught my attention on the Selling Power website.\u00a0 Some of the points from the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Do<\/strong> remember this group has an entrepreneurial spirit. &#8220;They are individualists,&#8221; says Fishman. &#8220;Treat them as independent agents. They like to be in charge of things. If you have 100 people at your sales meeting, you have 100 entrepreneurs there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t<\/strong> hire motivational speakers. &#8220;This is not a group that needs to be motivated,&#8221; says Fishman. &#8220;They don&#8217;t like spin, hype, or touchy-feely. They want something that they can take back to the office that will help them sell. Sharpen their skills; that&#8217;s what they\u2019re there for. Give them tactical information.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are not an easy generation to manage &#8211; I speak from my own experience.\u00a0 I am not manageable, just ask Lee.\u00a0 The entrepreneurial mindset is fairly prevalent amongst many of my Gen X friends so I think there is something to that statement.<\/p>\n<p>We are a bit of a cynical group and spin does not play well with us.\u00a0 However, I&#8217;m wondering if there is a generation where spin is enjoyed?\u00a0 Motivational speakers are disdainful so I am with the author on that topic too.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeping generalizations are always a bit risky when trying to categorize such a large sample (i.e. an entire generation).\u00a0 However, I think these types of articles do help open up cross-generation discussions so there is value to them.\u00a0 The greater importance is to understand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sellingpower.com\/html_newsletter\/article.asp?NLid=3&amp;Layout_ID=741&amp;ARTid=3339&amp;nDate=March%2010,%202008\">selling\/communication styles<\/a> and to identify your own preferences.\u00a0 This knowledge does more to open up communication than any other item we have found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Gen Xer, this article caught my attention on the Selling Power website.\u00a0 Some of the points from the article: Do remember this group has an entrepreneurial spirit. &#8220;They are individualists,&#8221; says Fishman. &#8220;Treat them as independent agents. They like to be in charge of things. If you have 100 people at your sales meeting, you have 100 entrepreneurs there.&#8221; Don&#8217;t hire motivational speakers. &#8220;This is not a group that needs to be motivated,&#8221; says Fishman. &#8220;They don&#8217;t like spin, hype, or touchy-feely. They want something that they can take back to the office that will help them sell. Sharpen their skills; that&#8217;s what they\u2019re there for. Give them&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/how-to-run-a-gen-x-meeting\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,29,11],"tags":[464,340,78,463],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-generations","category-team-management","tag-communicating-with-gen-x","tag-communication-style","tag-gen-x","tag-gen-x-meeting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-nV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1571,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/gen-y-is-empowered\/","url_meta":{"origin":1483,"position":0},"title":"Gen Y Is Empowered","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Not my words, but rather a quote from this Selling Power article: \"If I had to use one word to describe Generation Y, it\u2019s empowered,\" says Ann Fishman, president of Generation Targeted Marketing Corporation, a specialized marketing firm providing insight into consumer preferences, trends, and buying habits affecting the six\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1718,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/talkin-gen-x-gen-y\/","url_meta":{"origin":1483,"position":1},"title":"Talkin&#8217; Gen X, Gen Y","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"BusinessWeek.com provides a good article for adjusting your communication for Gen X and Gen Y employees.\u00a0 I can't speak to the Gen Y suggestions, but I find the Gen X piece to be spot on. A sample: TECHNOLOGY Generation X: Keep it up-to-date and motivating. Music at work, BlackBerrys, IM,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15946,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2018\/04\/the-leadership-revolution-of-gen-x\/","url_meta":{"origin":1483,"position":2},"title":"The Leadership Revolution of Gen X","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We're at an interesting place in our country's generational gap. The large Baby Boomer generation is flowing out of the workplace daily while the largest generation, Millennials, are ascendant.\u00a0 However, before we turn the leadership keys over to the Millennials, there is a generation with something to say...Gen X. 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That's 64 million unretiring Americans, the biggest demographic shift in the American workforce since\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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