Message Received: 7 Steps to Break Down Communication Barriers at Work

CHAPTER SIX

STEP 6:AMPLIFY GENERATIONAL COLLABORATION WITH MENTORING

AMPLIFICATION

As we learned in the Introduction, people spend four hours a day in meetings, working with others. This is commonly known as collaboration, and when done well, it results in better ideas, increased productivity, and a higher quality of work. But how do we get gen-erations to collaborate effectively when it feels like we’re all dealing with collaboration overload?

Research from the Pew Research Center,¹ Deloitte,² and others, such as Training Industry magazine,³ suggest that to amplify generational collaboration we should adapt a formal or informal mentoring program. ...