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Statistics

Employee Engagement by generation: % employees engaged

Culture VS Generation

GENERATION MANAGEMENT TEACHES US TO RESPECT AND MAKE FULL USE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GENERATIONS.

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MILLENNIALS

BARACK OBAMA

MADONNA

GEORGE CLOONEY

BABY BOOMERS

TIGER WOODS

KATE MOSS

MICHAELL DELL

GENERATION X

MARK ZUCKERBERG

LIONEL MESSI

PRINCE WILLIAM

GENERATION Y

6 IN 10 OF THE CURRENT STUDENTS SAY THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERING A CAREER IN BUSINESS, AND 48% SAID THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ENCOURAGED TO DO SO.

68% OF CORPORATE RECRUITERS SAY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO MANAGE MILLENNIALS.

74% OF NON-MILLENNIALS AGREE THAT MILLENNIALS OFFER DIFFERENT SKILLS AND WORK STYLES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE WORKPLACE.

59% OF BUSINESS DECISION MAKERS AND 62% OF HIGHER EDUCATION INFLUENTIALS GIVE RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES A C GRADE OR LOWER FOR PREPAREDNESS IN THEIR FIRST JOBS.

GENERATION MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY THE ‘ANGLO-SAXON-SCHOOL’ WHICH UP TILL NOW HAS UNDERESTIMATED THE BIG GENERA-TIONAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CULTURES AND REGIONS (I.E. CHINA, RUSSIA, AFRICA).

YOUNG ETHNIC PROFESSIONALS: IN AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE POPULATION HAS A MULTI-CULTURAL BACKGROUND.

GENERATION X

BABY BOOMERS TRADITIONALIST

29% 32%

42%33%

IN THE SETTING OF THE NETHERLANDS, A MANAGER SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MORE THAN JUST THE ANGLO-SAXON VIEW ON GENERATIONS.

TWO OUT OF THREE OF THE YOUNG INHABITANTS (0-22) OF AMSTERDAM HAVE A MULTICULTURAL BACKGROUND.

MOST NATIONALITIES IN THE WORLD:

1. AMSTERDAM (190) 2. ANTWERP (164) 3. NEW YORK (150)

Cultural Differences

GENERATION Y IN BRIC: FOCUS PRIMARILY ON MONEY

GENERATION Y IN WESTERN WORLD: FOCUS PRIMARILY ON PERSONAL GROWTH

GENERATION Y IN ARABIAN WORLD: FIRST TO CHALLENGE AUTHORITY, PROBLEM WITH FINDING BALANCE BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERNITY.

Tips of managing a multicultural and multigenerational department

DO NOT FOCUS (MAINLY) ON THE PROBLEMS, FOCUS ON THE ADDED VALUE OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS WITHIN AN ORGANISATION.

MAKE A GENERATIONAL DIVISION OF THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE ORGANISATION.

DECIDE WHAT THE ULTIMATE MIX OF GENE-RATIONS WITHIN THE ORGANISATION SHOULD BE. TO DO SO: FOCUS ON THE NEARBY FUTURE.

SOURCES: GALLUP; KRAUTHAMMER; ERKEL; CHINA FORECAST; FORBES; BENTLEY UNIVERSITY; VERGOUW CONSULTING.