Joyce Weiss

I work with organizations and individuals who want to kick conflict and chaos to the curb - Queen of Conflict Resolution and Communication Coach

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Repair Generational Conflict Part 3

This is article # 3 from my 6 part series on how to repair generational conflict at work.  This week’s article covers Baby Boomers.  They were born between 1946-1964.  They grew up during women’s rights, civil rights, and gay rights.  They were born activists!  Baby boomers are a youth culture and do what they can to remain young at heart.  I can attest to this because I am a baby boomer! 😉  They embraced disruption in music with rock n roll.  🙂

Ideas to Repair Generational Conflict with Baby Boomers #1

Baby Boomer Legacy on Workplace Culture

They are …repair generational conflict

  • Professional and poised
  • Competitive
  • Workaholics

Ideas to Repair Generational Conflict with Baby Boomers #2

Baby Boomer Key Influential Events  

  • Civil rights movement  repair generational conflict
  • Moon landing
  • Oil crisis
  • Vietnam war
  • The Beatles
  • Booming birthrate

Ideas to Repair Generational Conflict with Baby Boomers #3

Boomer Traits

Baby boomers are –

  • Competitive
  • Optimistic
  • Nonconformists
  • Disciplined

Ideas to Repair Generational Conflict with Baby Boomers #4

Boomer Values

  • Work ethic
  • Professionalism
  • Youthfulness
  • Individualism
  • Luxury

Thoughts from Joyce

The strategy to repair generational conflict is to have all 5 generations discuss these ideas with the team.  Differences need to be discussed on how they value work, work/life balance, and other important aspects that impact the team.

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you repair generational conflict with baby boomers.

You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email
with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Corporate Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS  Read Part 1 on how to Repair Generational Issues HERE

Read Part 2 (Traditionalists) on how to Repair Generational Issues HERE

 

 

 

 

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How to Repair Generational Conflict Part 2

This blog post is the 2nd in a 6 part series on how to repair generational conflict at work.  You will read about Traditionalists who were born between 1900 – 1945.  They are less than 2 % of today’s workforce.  More traditionalist men served in the military (50%).  Traditionalists are patriotic and respect the chain of command at work.

Reduce Generational Conflicts Idea #1:  The Traditionalist Legacy in Workplace Culture 

  • Chain of command repair generational conflict
  • Hard working
  • Loyal

Reduce Generational Conflicts Idea #2:  Key Events for Traditionalists

  • World War 2
  • Walt Disney
  • The great depression
  • Radios
  • Cars
  • Social security

Reduce Generational Conflicts Idea #3:  Traditionalist Traits

  • Fiscally conservative reduce generational conflict
  • Respect authority
  • Self-sacrificing
  • Loyal

Reduce Generational Conflicts Idea #4:  Traditionalist Values

  • Family
  • Sacrifice
  • Waste not, want not
  • Respect for authority

  

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you repair generational conflict.  What conflict have you experienced having 5 generations in today’s workplace?

You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email
with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Until next time,
Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Corporate Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

 PS Read the first article in this series on how to repair generational conflict HERE

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How to Repair Generational Conflicts: Part 1

Hello again! 🙂

The next few blogs will address how to repair generational conflicts.  We now have 5 generations in the workplace and at times the differences get in the way of morale and communication in general.  You will see how each generation has been impacted by specific experiences shared in each generation. The five generations are traditionalists, baby boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and  Gen Edge.

I’m working hard not to judge me. I wish you’d do the same.
  Tastee, Character on Orange is the New Black

Repair Generational Conflicts Idea #1

Do these comments sound familiar?

  • “They don’t have a good work ethic”
  • “They are set in their ways”
  • “They are deadwood”
  • “They have no desire to learn new technology”
  • “They are workaholics and don’t have a life”

Repair Generational Conflicts Idea #2 repair generational conflict

  • Organizations miss out on numerous opportunities if boomers and traditionalist are not on teams solving workplace issues with generation X and Millennials.
  • Failing to sit down together and learn from each other carriers a heavy cost.
  • Joyce’s diversity motto is: Different equals different.  Different does not equal wrong!

Repair Generational Conflict Idea #3 

Discuss how each generation views the following:

  • Rewards
  • Empowerment
  • Work Ethic
  • Collaboration
  • Organizational Structure
  • Work Formality
  • Feedback
  • Burnout
  • Communication
  • Community Involvement

You will hear a variety of opinions, values, and beliefs from your diverse team. There will be a lot of laughter as long as no one is judging anyone! 🙂

More Thoughts from Joyce on how to Repair Generational Conflict

Prejudice, discrimination, cliques, ignorance on generational, cultural, racial, and gender differences are building walls between team members.  Tearing down barriers and building relationships are necessary to increase morale.  Knowledge alone won’t reduce prejudice, yet it is a good first step.

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you repair generational conflict at work.  What issues exist?

You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email
with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Next week look for interesting information about the traditionalist generation.

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss
Career Coach and Corporate Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

 

 

 

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Managing Upward to Develop Your Career

One of my favorite parts of my job as a career coach is to help clients develop their career.  I was just hired to create a workshop for a client who wants me to work with her emerging leaders.  The group has been together for a few years and some of them have been promoted into leadership roles.  This blog post will cover three strategies that I will share with this impressive group.

Develop  Your Career Strategy #1:  What Leaders Have Influenced You?

Take a moment and ask yourself the following questions: Develop your career growth | Joyce Weiss
1.  Who is the most dynamic leader who has influenced you?
2.  Why did you select that person?
3.  What did you learn from this person?
4.  What challenges have you experienced as a leader or with your own leaders?

Once you answer these questions you will have a good idea on who has influenced you.  Take the positive experiences and add them to your toolbox.

Develop Your Career Strategy #2:  Assess the Quality of Your Relationship with Your Boss

  1.  What do you get from each other?
  2. Do you consistently get what you expect from him or her?
  3. To what extent do you enjoy this person’s company?
  4. How much do you respect him or her as a person?
  5. How much do you trust him or her with personal matters?
  6. What conversation do you need to have with your boss to help you develop your career?

If you are fortunate to have a good relationship with your boss, you will be able to share ideas on how to save money or improve productivity.  It’s time to get noticed.  If you don’t toot your own horn, who will?
Once you have your own team, remember these questions so you can develop an open and trusting relationship with them.

Develop Your Career Strategy #3:  Change Your Negative Self-Talk so You Can Move Forward code of conduct | develop your career growth

  1.  Change the following sentence from, “I have a mean boss” to “I need to discuss how my boss could help me be more effective.  I need to let my boss know what I need from her so I can give her what she wants.”
  2. Change the following sentence from, “I can’t motivate my people” to “I have to determine what I need to do to engage my team.”
  3. Change the following sentence from, “I don’t receive promotions” to ” I need to find out what I need to do to receive a promotion.”

People stay stuck when they constantly feed negative thoughts into their mind.  Listen to your self-talk and ask yourself what you need to start saying to yourself so you can develop your career.

Who can you speak to when you don’t have a good working relationship with your boss so you can learn what you need to do to develop your career?  We are in charge of our careers and it’s up to us to work around challenges that may be stopping our promotions or professional growth.

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on how you have developed your career.  How have you worked around a negative boss who tried to stop you from developing your career?  What stories or expressions help you?

You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

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Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, Career Coach & Corporate Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What You Tolerate!  

 

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My Favorite Book Recommendations on Tough Conversations and Professional Growth

I’m always asked about good books as references for clients’ professional growth.  I look forward to hearing which books are your favorites.
Some of these recommendations are oldies but goodies.  My current clients have all given their stamp of approval.  Happy reading!

Here are Joyce’s Favorites 🙂Joyce Weiss | Career Coach | Corporate Communication Strategist

 

Behary, Wendy.  Disarming the Narcissist:  Surviving & Thriving with the Self-Absorbed. New Harbinger Publications, 2013.

Byars Swindling, Linda. Stop Complainers and Energy Drainers. Wiley, 2013.

Dweck, Carol. Mindset: How to Fulfill our Potential. Ballantine Books, 2006.

Gordon, Jon.  The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy. Wiley, 2007.

Grenny, Josh.  Influencer, The Power to Change Anything. McGraw-Hill, 2013.

Horn, Sam.  Take the Bully by it’s Horns. St Martin’s Griffin, 2003.

Johnson, Meagan. Generations INC. AMA, 2010.

Johnson, Spencer. Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You.
Atria Books, 2009.

Lencioni, Patrick.  The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Jossey Bass, 2002.

Lencioni, Patrick. The Truth About Employee Engagement. Jossey Bass, 2007

Namie, Gary. The Bully Free Workplace. Wiley, 2011.

Pink, Daniel. Drive:  The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Riverhead Books, 2009.

Rath, Tom. Strengths Finder 2.0. Gallup Press, 2007.

Scott, Susan. Fierce Conversations. Berkley, 2004.

Sheridan, Richard. Joy, Inc. How We Built a Workplace People Love. Penguin, 2013.

Sinek, Simon.  Start with Why:  How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone. Penguin, 2011.n

Weiss, Joyce. Communication Skills at Work. Bloomfield Press, 2019.

Weiss, Joyce. Take the Ride of Your Life:  Shift Gears for More Balance, Growth, and Joy. Bloomfield Press, 2002.

I want to hear from you

Add a comment to my blog on which books on my list you have enjoyed or your favorites that are not on the list.  I will compile my readers’ answers and include them in the future post.

You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to
send me a private email  with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss,
Career Coach & Corporate Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

Contact Joyce

Email: joyce@joyceweiss.com
Phone: 248-681-5831