How funny is it that once you reach 40, you start to become Snarky about the generations below you? Regularly when speaking to larger groups of supervisors or managers, you start to hear this:
“THEY do not have OUR work ethic.”
“THEY don’t take the jobs as seriously as WE do.”
“There is no way that THEY could do OUR jobs.”
Why do we have to hold ourselves up as that standard to measure everything else against? I recently heard someone say “don’t you realize that this next generation will be the first generation not to surpass the previous one in wealth?”
Well, everything fails by an irrelevant standard…
Judgement between generations is not new, but I wonder if some of the angst stems from our own insecurities, or jealousy of a generation that may be more balanced between work and life. Remember, some generations witness first hand how companies treated their parents during recessions, should we be surprised that after witnessing someone being treated poorly by a company, a child, coworker, or friend may not hold WORK in the same regard as a prior generation?
P.S. The generation ahead of you said the same things about you, and somehow the world survived.
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Carl Weber, is the owner and founder of Carl Weber Consulting, a consulting group that helps businesses, non-profits, and individuals understand themselves, hire and manage well, and become great leaders. Carl worked in local government for more than ten years, as the Town Administrator of a few towns in NH. Once upon a time he was a search and rescue swimmer for the US Navy.
Carl holds Bachelors’ Degrees in Political Science & Community Development and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy. Carl is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA) and Certified Professional Motivators Analyst (CPMA).
Carl regularly teaches on human factors and the relationship of behavior and leadership styles, as well as motivation, coaching, leadership challenges, and failing as a leader. His passion is to help leaders in their lifelong journey to finish well, to combat and work with their inner voice, and to live a meaningful story worth reading.
Carl lives in Southern New Hampshire with his wife Amanda and together they are raising a small tribe of four young (somewhat crazy) women with the goal of unleashing them on the world to change it for the better.
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