Pierre’s colleagues had requested that he took a ‘selfie’ with the Group CEO to prove that he actually visited the firm’s head office.
Diversity, which has different facets such as culture, language and age, can cause tension in organisations if it is not properly managed. Here, you have Pierre, who is 26 years old and from a Francophone country, which has a different language and culture; interacting with an English-speaking female secretary, probably in her fifties.
The Traditional School : This is the traditional ‘radio’ generation. Most members of this generation are retired pensioners, while a few are still working.Baby Boomers : This generation, which currently sit atop the board and management of companies, derived their tag from the population explosion that followed the end of the Second World War in 1945. The older ones have retired, while those in the fifties and sixties bracket, are still in active service.
In the next few years, Baby Boomer bosses will be preparing for retirement, paving the way for Generation Xers to succeed them. It certainly would be interesting to know how the workplace would look like when it eventually gets to the turn of Generation Y and Generation Z managers to head establishments across the world.Before then, it may be expedient for organisations to start grooming millennials and those after them, into leadership roles.
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