Chapter 11

Evaluation on Impact

Now that we have a good grasp of our diverse generations, let’s explore what all of this means for leadership in the workplace. An organizational leader does not want to end up with the opening statement of his or her annual report sounding like Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s February 14, 2007, address to senators. Bernanke

told them the nation hasn’t prepared well for the aging of the baby boom generation. Their retirement is one of the biggest demographic changes on the horizon. Bernanke says the resulting demand on entitlement programs could pressure the nation’s fiscal situation. More than half a million government workers will be eligible for retirement over the next five years….”1

Therein lies the problem. While ...

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