Intergenerational Group Leadership



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Introduction

The theme of generational differences and the corresponding leadership styles is occupying the forefront of research. It is increasingly becoming an important area of ??human resource development as HR seeks new ways to improve the current leadership in their organizations.  Their members are now younger, there are greater variety in terms of gender, race and ethnicity, and are more difficult to establish a clear principle regarding attitudes about what organizations and leaders should. Second part of this series of brief summaries highlight some of the issues that arise from generational differences, leadership provides recommended styles and emphasizes the importance of guidance for career development of employees from different generations (Osako, 1986). One may have heard everywhere to the greatest of the extent about leadership. Everyone has a different opinion about leaders, some say leaders are made, and some say leaders are born. Actually, it doesn't actually matter how we build a leader but, we all need leaders in every field of life, be it a country, an organization, or your home. To create an understanding about leaders, we can clearly define them as, a person with the ability to make individuals follow him with their own will (Hakala, 2009).

Human resource falls amongst the most important of assets of any organization. Therefore, one can imagine the level of requirement and importance of a leader in any business. We might always experience that why have not my argument accepted but, his or her have. Here, we can see the differentiation in our and a leaders approach. However, it may also depend on the situation one is into, or the team he is leading, and the organization he is working in. For instance, you are part of a centralized environment where not a lot of recommendations are accepted and chance to lead is minimalistic. Therefore, in such case a leader may not be able to work according to his or her approach, and may leave the company and look for an alternative environment.

Advantages of using different learning styles to different generations

Administrators learn different strategies to train, motivate and develop employees from different generations will be able to:

1. Bridge the gap between opposing values.

2. Demonstrate leadership by uniting the generations for a common purpose.

3. Avoid misunderstandings that can develop between generations.

4. Reduce turnover by creating a conducive working environment for all generations.

5. Communicate effectively with different generations.

Because of the early retirements of baby boomers, companies must immediately make a transfer of knowledge, let alone, many of them have not established a process of knowledge management. In addition, managers are forced to accelerate talent development, together they have to adapt their leadership to employees from the new generations do not necessarily share the same values ??they do. Indeed, these employees need to understand the meaning that is their work in organizing and love given some freedom of action. Moreover, they had early access to multiple information sources: a factor that led them to cultivate their ability to adapt. People able to cope with change are undoubtedly a ...