Bridging Workplace Generation Gaps
"They just don't make music like they used to," my assistant sighed one afternoon. "It all sounds the same, and I don't know why they insist on playing it so loud."
Suddenly, a horrified look crossed her face and she clapped her hand over her mouth.
"Oh no! I sound just like my father!"
I couldn't hide my grin. Welcome to the wonderful world of aging.
As I walked back to my office, chuckling over the fact that the music she considers superior to today's was probably the same music I rejected as being inferior to what I grew up listening to, I was struck by the generation gap between us.
Though TECHNICALLY I'm old enough to be her...much older sister, we don't seem to have much trouble bridging the years in age between us. Sure, I don't completely understand why she has so many tattoos or why she gets separation anxiety from her computer when the network is down, but I do have an inkling considering I was young...youngER once too.
In our roles as boss (me) and employee (her), we communicate exceptionally well, and our teamwork has brought many successful projects and satisfied clients to my organization.
But what if SHE was the boss and I was the employee? Would we work so well together then?
Suddenly, a horrified look crossed her face and she clapped her hand over her mouth.
"Oh no! I sound just like my father!"
I couldn't hide my grin. Welcome to the wonderful world of aging.
As I walked back to my office, chuckling over the fact that the music she considers superior to today's was probably the same music I rejected as being inferior to what I grew up listening to, I was struck by the generation gap between us.
Though TECHNICALLY I'm old enough to be her...much older sister, we don't seem to have much trouble bridging the years in age between us. Sure, I don't completely understand why she has so many tattoos or why she gets separation anxiety from her computer when the network is down, but I do have an inkling considering I was young...youngER once too.
In our roles as boss (me) and employee (her), we communicate exceptionally well, and our teamwork has brought many successful projects and satisfied clients to my organization.
But what if SHE was the boss and I was the employee? Would we work so well together then?
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posted by Michelle Yozzo Drake at 12:50 PM
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