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Social Media Bridging the Age Gap: The Demise of Generational Differences
Written by: Trisha McFarlaneArticle Overview: There are labels and definitions for each generation. Are you a Boomer? Gen X? Gen Y? We're told how each generation feels and thinks and why they can't relate to all the other generations. But you know what? At the end of the day, it doesn't matter.
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Social Media Bridging the Age Gap: The Demise of Generational Differences
Newsflash: There are generational differences in the workplace. Have you heard about it?(I'm dripping with sarcasm here people)
There are articles, presentations, videos, reports, posts, podcasts, and more. You name it and it has been talked about, ad nauseam. Like many issues that come up in the HR world, we spend time talking endlessly about the problem but not enough time on the solution. Generational differences in the workplace is no different.
There are labels and definitions for each generation. Are you a Boomer? Gen X? Gen Y? We're told how each generation feels and thinks and why they can't relate to all the other generations. But you know what? At the end of the day, it doesn't matter.
IT DOES NOT MATTER
There have always been differences from generation to generation. If we could spend as much timeperfecting how individulas can work effectively together as we do on talking about how generations don't, we'd have the most productive workforce ever.
So, how do we do that? One thing that occurred to me recently was that when I meet people via social media outlets, I never even think about their age. I have older friends, younger friends, and age is not an issue. They are mostly HR professionals and I have had some great collaborating experiences with them and age has never come up. If anything, any differences in our ages made our output better because wewere incorporating many different viewpoints.
What do you think? Does it matter to you? Let's get some comments going so we can start collaborating on how to get the message and a solution out to the masses.
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About the Author: Trisha McFarlane RSS for Trisha's articles - Visit Trisha's website  Trish is a practicing HR professional with over 15 years of experience in Big 4 public accounting, PR, and healthcare. She is also an international speaker. With expertise in leadership, employee relations, performance management, training & development, change management, social media, and innovation, Trish is able to capture readers and audiences with real-life examples of how leadership plays out in organizations. Trish co-founded HRevolution (http://thehrevolution.org), a conference that highlights emerging trends and the future of HR, with the goal of providing an alternative networking and learning experience for business professionals who were tired of the traditional conference model. HRevolution is an event that inspires collaboration and innovative ideas in the human resource industry. She also co-founded the Women of HR blog (www.womenofhr.com) in order to give a voice to practitioners who are passionate about issues affecting women in the workplace. Trish has been a speaker at various events. Most recently at The Conference Board’s “Social Media for HR Conference”, CHCA, HR Southwest, the HR Technology Conference, HR Florida, Talent Net Live, HRevolution, and TRU London. She has received numerous accolades for her blogging and online efforts. Click here to visit Trisha's website   Top 10 Reasons To Love HR Knock It Off Lessons in Leadership from the Deadliest Catch Making The Rubber Hit The Road ReBranding HR Job Exchange Programs A Different Spin On Employee Development Anonymous Bloggers What Are Your Rights |
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