{"id":655,"date":"2007-02-13T11:47:03","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T17:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/how-to-manage-gen-x-and-gen-y\/"},"modified":"2007-02-13T11:47:23","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T17:47:23","slug":"how-to-manage-gen-x-and-gen-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/how-to-manage-gen-x-and-gen-y\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Manage Gen X and Gen Y"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CareerBuilder.com&#8217;s latest newsletter features <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerbuilder.com\/JobPoster\/SmallBiz\/articles.aspx?articleid=ATL_0027MANAGOUTGGEN&#038;siteid=JP_Mail_NL_A&#038;sc_extcmp=JP_Mail_NL&#038;cbRecursionCnt=1&#038;cbsid=9f4b89aa762b4d1d9fae513dd45dd44b-224683131-WJ-2\" target=\"_blank\">Managing Outside Your Generation<\/a> which discusses the differences in managing Gen X employees vs. Gen Y employees. The article is a good, hands-on read for any manager. To cut to the summary statement of the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Generation X requires more training, whether on-the-job or through continued education, and feedback on a regular basis. Generation Y also requires a higher amount of feedback than what you may be used to, but they also desire greater flexibility and the freedom to run with a project once it is assigned to them. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good advice and insight. Then there is this specific suggestion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you are not doing so already, consider offering continuing education reimbursement to your Generation X employees. Offering opportunities for advanced learning and career related training satisfies this generation&#8217;s desire for personal development. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You know, there is no greater generalization than characterizing a generation. Effective management comes down to the one-to-one interaction on a daily basis. I would suggest that you must know the employee&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Rewards.html\" target=\"_blank\">rewards<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Motivations.html\" target=\"_blank\">motivations<\/a> to reach any individual regardless of their generation.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The key to managing and retaining Generation Y revolves around the type of relationship you have with your Gen-Y employees. Because of the amount of feedback this generation craves, and the level of responsibility they need to take on, it is critical to <em>adjust your management style accordingly<\/em>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Absolutely true. As we work with sales managers, we provide a communication cheat sheet to help them understand the preferred communication style and motivational decision making process of their salespeople. Take the time to read the article &#8211; it is well worth it. But please understand that the individual interactions are the key to effective management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CareerBuilder.com&#8217;s latest newsletter features Managing Outside Your Generation which discusses the differences in managing Gen X employees vs. Gen Y employees. The article is a good, hands-on read for any manager. To cut to the summary statement of the article: Generation X requires more training, whether on-the-job or through continued education, and feedback on a regular basis. Generation Y also requires a higher amount of feedback than what you may be used to, but they also desire greater flexibility and the freedom to run with a project once it is assigned to them. Good advice and insight. Then there is this specific suggestion: If you are not doing so already,&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/how-to-manage-gen-x-and-gen-y\/\">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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,4,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-az","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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