Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: urprise! Generation Xers-those ranging in age from 23 to 38-don't all share the same attitudes and tendencies.What general characteristics of this new generation do current engineering leaders need to understand best to properly prepare them for future leadership roles?How do today's leaders clearly set direction, align the right people, and motivate and inspire generation Xers to be as creative and productive as possible so that the latter embrace the essentials of leadership and produce the most bang for the buck?A DIRECTION IS VITAL Xers, like all staff members, need to understand and be involved in an organization's "vision" and "mission."They are vital inputs for optimum performance.The direction may go by other names in their lexicon; the following questions will continually arise: Where are we going?Why are ALIGNING PEOPLE AND STRUCTUREXers will focus a critical eye on how resources are aligned and used, how training is applied, how rewards are distributed, and how strategies are developed.This generation eschews following blindly-they want to know that significant operating decisions are tied to a clear direction and set of operating values.S . . .
Authors: Corey N. Hessen, Brian J. Lewis
Language: English
Subfield: Life-span and Life-course Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2064197546