Who is this training for?
For leaders and managers of intergenerational teams who would like to improve their competencies in managing such teams and feel more comfortable addressing employees of a different generation than their own.
Consult this training
What you will learn in the virtual workshop:
- what are generations and how generational experiences might influence behavior at work,
- why do different generations have a different approach to authority, work, engagement,
- what are the specific ways to effectively manage an intergenerational team,
- what are the methods to effectively communicate with people of different generations than your own.
Advantages of the virtual training
- guarantee of interactive participation in training with the use of online engaging tools
- half-day workshops allow flexible organization of the workday
- relationships building with remote colleagues through joint participation in training
- participation in the workshop from anywhere, all you need is access to a computer
Virtual workshop program
Module I
Generations in an organization
- Managing across generations as part of diversity management – how does it fit into an organization’s culture?
- What are generations and where do intergenerational differences come from?
- Generations in organizations: Baby Boomers, X, Y, Z:
- Range, formative experiences and values of each generation – what impact can they have on work behaviors?
- What may particularly motivate representatives of a particular generation? Needs-based approach
- Working with people from different generations – areas of comfort and areas of difficulty
- How do prejudices against people from other generations arise and how can they be identified?
- How to improve the quality of cooperation with people of a different generation than my own?
Module II
Intergenerational team
- Manager, leader, good colleague – what does it mean for different generations? How to manage people from different generations?
- Areas and sources of leader’s authority
- Building authority – what should be emphasized in working with diverse people?
- The 5A method – building understanding with people who are different from us
- How to ensure cooperation in an intergenerational team? Good practices from selected organizations
- Intermentoring – using the potential of different generations
- Generation Z – why does it seem to be challenging? What is this generation’s input to teams?
- What’s next – predicted trends in work related to generational changes.
Project flow
Diagnosis and prework
- in-take interview with the project sponsor
- diagnosis of participants’ needs (online questionnaire and calls)
- prework for participants (material to watch, read or listen to)
Virtual workshops
- training divided into 2 workshops, 3,5 hours each
- interactive working methods: discussions, chat, virtual board, questionnaires, videos, case studies, breakout rooms, external tools (Mentimeter, Miro, Funretro)
- participants: up to 12 people
Summary and follow up
- training materials for participants
- access to the ETTA knowledge base
- follow up call with the project sponsor