At age 41, I am where I want to be in my career: running my own sales-training business, with enough clients lined up that I can probably live comfortably for the next several years. But I’m in trouble. Every Gen Xer is.
Why a Gen-X CEO Hired a Millennial to Help Him Keep a Learning Mindset
To stay current, admit what you don’t know.
November 09, 2017
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Summary.
For all the talk about how younger workers desire and need learning experiences, the opposite is also true: The rest of us must learn from them — and from how they learn. That means we should stop playing catch-up with technology, avoid dating ourselves with stale stories about how things worked “back in the day,” offer individualized learning when we train or coach people (today’s learners expect that), and communicate frequently and openly with younger employees to keep the learning flowing in both directions.