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Generational Issues

Management strategies for managing Generations X and Y in today's diverse workplace
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Mixing Four Generations in the Workplace - DVD

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Produced 2007

Generation conflict costs billions of dollars in lost productivity to organizations like yours worldwide - not to mention the incalculable effects on motivation and morale. Now there's help with generational expert Cam Marston's new DVD course, Mixing Four Generations in the Workplace.

This program will educate and stimulate positive interaction among your people. It will also dramatically reduce workplace conflict and provide managers and supervisors with strategies for dealing with recruiting, retaining, and motivating, using the generational differences in a positive way.

Key Learning Points:

  • Generational context is not about age, but common experiences.
  • Acknowledge your team's expectations, not just your own.
  • Different is neither right nor wrong, just different.
  • Age-ism is the death of any coaching strategy.
  • Generational understanding does not take the place of concern for the individual.
  • Different generations care about different approaches to the same problem.
  • Technology is not universal - assess your team members' affinity level before making communication assumptions.

Program includes:

  • Program One - Defining Four Generations in the Workplace - 18 Minutes
  • Program Two - How to Deal with the Four Generations - 16 Minutes

    Program includes: 2-program DVD; CD Support Package with 32-page Facilitator's Guide, 30-Page Participant Guide, Participative Exercises and PowerPoint Presentation. All support materials customizable and reproducible.

    • Mixing Four Generations in the Workplace - DVD $795.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Mixing Four Generations in the Workplace - DVD Rental $395.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Mixing Four Generations in the Workplace - DVD Preview $0.00 [Add to Cart]
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    AWESOME! (2 Part Program) - DVD

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    This program is also available for online training. See details below.

    What makes Generation Y different? What experiences have influenced their attitudes, values and work styles? What do they need to be successful at work? How can organizations engage and inspire them to maximize their impact and productivity?

    These questions are becoming increasingly important as the largest generation in history begins entering the workforce. In the next few years, Gen Y will constitute 38% of all employees. They are smart, adaptable, energetic, skilled and eager to make their mark. At the same time, these young people do things differently and enter the world of employment with great expectations and a culture that may be unfamiliar to many of us.

    Program Contents
    To help you better prepare for the task of engaging, inspiring and productively channeling the energies of your new employees, we have created AWESOME!, a 2-part video-based training program.

    • Part 1, “A New Generation @ Work”, presents 24 Gen Y employees from a wide range of occupations who share what makes them tick. (10 minutes)

    • Part 2, “Engaging Gen Y”, introduces 5 managers who present their views on how to help Millennials succeed. You’ll be enlightened, energized and entertained! (10 minutes)

    Support Materials - A comprehensive facilitation package accompanies the program and includes a facilitator’s guide, PowerPoint slides, reproducible handouts and program transcripts.

    Online Training Option:

    This program is also available over the web or over your company’s network. This option makes it is easy for you to deliver video to any employee’s desktop at any location with web access. The online program includes:

  • Post training test and reporting results 24/7
  • Certificates of completion
  • Digital copies of the support materials

    Online Training Pricing:

    • 1 to 1000 $6 per person
    • 1001 to 3000 $5 per person
    • Minimum order for any one program $395.00

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    The X Factor: Managing & Motivating Generation X - DVD

    America's primary labor supply for the next decade -- mostly in their teens and twenties -- represents the smallest population group in U.S. history and the thinnest pool of entry level workers in modern times. There simply are not enough of them to go around, particularly in the service industries. And every time a business loses an employee, the high cost fo attracting, hiring and training a replacement cuts into the profit margin.

    Claire Raines is the nation's leading expert on Generation X. In this video, she will give you new information about generation X workers... who they are, what makes them different and how to develop successful ways of working with them.

    • The X Factor: Managing & Motivating Generation X - DVD $495.00 [Add to Cart]
    • The X Factor: Managing & Motivating Generation X - VHS $495.00 [Add to Cart]
    • The X Factor: Managing & Motivating Generation X - VHS Preview $0.00 [Add to Cart]
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    Showdown at Generation Gap - DVD

    Everyone sees the world differently. We all have different frames of perspective and reference. Generational Conflict happens when Boomers and Xers egin to make assumptions about each other and fail to recognize the other persons frame of reference. SHOWDOWN AT GENERATION GAP is for supervisors, managers and employees at all levels. It introduces differences, perceptions and expectations of the two dominant employee groups which comprise todays workforce -- Baby Boomers and Generation X. This video will show both managers and employees how they can become more effective in todays generationally diverse workforce.

    Viewers will learn : * How and why Boomers and Xers are different * What their complaints against each other are *How the generations can adapt their communication styles to build alliances with each other.

    Length: 22 minutes

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    Dialogue - Now You're Talking! Series - DVD

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    This program is also available for online training. See details below.

    Through a series of short dramatizations this unique series explores the rules and techniques that distinguish a Dialogue from other forms of communication, such as debate or negotiation. The series examines how we can surface the often unspoken assumptions, in ourselves and in others, that can stand in the way of effective organizational communication. In so doing we build mutual trust and respect.

    Each program in the series can stand alone and may be licensed separately. There are volume discounts if you license the entire series or multiple copies of any program.

    Program Contents:

    Communicating in a Diverse World. Overview. What is dialogue - contrasting debate and dialogue. Initiating Dialogue - how to do it, where to do it. The skills of Dialogue - Suspension (of judgment, decision making and status); Listening (with empathy, for understanding, showing you care); Discovery (uncovering and sharing hidden assumptions in yourself and others). Includes a dramatization of how Dialogue helps us communicate across job functions, helping improve relations between people at different levels within the organization as well as between different departments or areas of expertise. (25 minutes)

    Dialogue for Cultural Understanding. We apply the skills of dialogue outlined in Program 1 to challenges faced in culturally diverse work environments. We see a dramatization that demonstrates how dialogue can be used to open communication, uncover hidden assumptions, break down stereotypes and facilitate more productive relationships. (24 minutes)

    Dialogue between Genders. A dramatized dialogue shows us how the skills we learned in Program 1 can be used to overcome misunderstandings, break down gender stereotypes and improve communications between men and women at work. (21 minutes)

    Dialogue among Generations. We demonstrate how the skills of dialogue can be used to bridge the personal and professional style differences that exist between employees of different ages. We uncover how divergent personal and world views common to people of different generations can lead to misunderstandings and distrust and how dialogue can help overcome age barriers and build more productive workplace relationships. (24 minutes)

    Program includes: A comprehensive facilitation guide, reproducible handouts and PowerPoint slides for classroom presentation.

    Online Training Option:

    This program is also available over the web or over your company’s network. This option makes it is easy for you to deliver video to any employee’s desktop at any location with web access. The online program includes:

  • Post training test and reporting results 24/7
  • Certificates of completion
  • Digital copies of the support materials

    Online Training Pricing:

    • 1 to 1000 $6 per person
    • 1001 to 3000 $5 per person
    • Minimum order for any one program $395.00

    • Dialogue - Now You're Talking! Series - DVD $1,875.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Dialogue - Now You're Talking! Series -VHS $1,875.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Dialogue - Now You're Talking! - Dialogue for Cultural Understanding $625.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Dialogue - Now You're Talking! - Dialogue between Genders $625.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Dialogue - Now You're Talking! - Dialogue among Generations $625.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Dialogue - Now You're Talking! - Communicating in a Diverse World $625.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Dialogue - Now You're Talking! Series - Online Preview $0.00 [Add to Cart]
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    Generations: M.E.E.T. for Respect in the Workplace - Complete Kit

    New Release - 2006!

    With workers from four generations now active in the workforce, the potential for misunderstanding, frustration and conflict puts increasing pressure on productivity. To turn that challenge into a competitive advantage, this program applies the M.E.E.T. approach to the complexities of effectively working in and managing a multigenerational workforce. Employees and managers gain insights, strategies and skills that help minimize generational conflict and strengthen collaboration.

    Learning Point Highlights:

    • Defines key characteristics of the four generations in the workplace
    • Spotlights issues and situations influenced by generational differences
    • Demonstrates applying the M.E.E.T. model in working effectively across generations

      Complete Training Kit Includes: Two DVDs, VHS (28-minute Generations and 14-minute Managing Generations, Facilitator Guide, Reproducible Participant Materials, Reproducible Self-Study Guide Available as an Online Resource, Online Program Resources, Ten Handbooks, Trainer Pack, Ten Foam Puzzles

      • Generations: M.E.E.T. for Respect in the Workplace - Complete Kit $995.00 [Add to Cart]
      • Generations: M.E.E.T. for Respect in the Workplace - VHS Preview $0.00 [Add to Cart]
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    Follow the Leader - DVD

    Released - 2006

    Guess what? There's a whole new generation of business leaders in the incubator. The Gen X-ers, and Gen-Yers right behind them, demand a new kind of leadership training.

    Armed with hundreds of hours of research over thee years, Executive Producer Bob Allen, who himself spent twenty five years as a leader in the Disney organization, set out to create a fast-paced, reality television-like, leadership training program for young people that really works!

    Follow The Leader is a new "rubber meets the road" course featuring three very different business leaders - different ages, different places in their careers, and very different industries. But there's a common thread - they're all successful, and they all possess similar traits and behaviors as business leaders. We follow them around and learn from them on the job. We hear from their people. No gurus. No acronyms. It's about positive role models.

    • Chairman of Hy-Vee, Inc. one of the 15 largest supermarket chains in the U.S. (and Chairman of the Food Marketing Institute - the largest trade group of its kind in the country) - Ron Pearson
    • President and Owner of "Homes by Carmen Dominguez," also serves as Vice President of the Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando where she was recently voted "Home Builder of the Year." - Carmen Dominguez
    • V.P. Operations, Hard Rock Cafe International, which has become a truly global phenomenon with more than 120 restaurants in over 40 countries. - - Ken Hoffman

    The Follow the Leader DVD is divided into three 20-minute segments which can be viewed in one three-hour workshop or broken into three one-hour workshops titled:

      1. VISION & COMMUNICATIONS
      2. INTEGRITY & REALISM
      3. LOVE & PASSION

    Upon completing the entire training program, your participants should be able to:

    • Define the leadership traits in terms of observable behaviors
    • Define these traits and behaviors in terms of your own company's professional/leadership development goals
    • Discuss how their own style may influence how the featured behaviors "look" on them
    • Design a plan to practice these traits in their everyday role as leaders in your company

    Program includes: DVD and a CD-ROM containing an 18-page Trainer's Guide, a 24-page Participant Workbook, and a 34-frame Microsoft PowerPoint« Presentation.