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Consulting:
Addressing Multi-generational Diversity in the Workplace
by Patrick H. Davis, MSW
Employer’s new reality in the 21st Century is to overcome the challenges of today’s business climate by looking beyond the economic pressures of “do more with less” and focus on how they can develop a dynamic and flexible workforce. The key to improved productivity for many employers is to manage an ever increasingly diverse workforce. While diversity plays out in the workplace every day, it takes several forms, but the most conspicuous and pressing is age. Integrating the talents, ethics, and motivations, of more than 50 years of perspectives, needs, and attitudes between the oldest and youngest employees is challenging and holds promise. Generational collaboration maximizes strength of the workforces and optimizes worker productivity through practices geared to engage multi-generations in the workplace.
Professionals that consultant on and supports productivity strategy will need to include methods that address multi-generational diversity. Today’s presentations will summarizes comparisons vs. contrasts in generations and explore techniques to address factors that interfere with collaboration among workers and productivity in the workplace in terms of leadership, management, and employee training needs. |
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About Patrick H. Davis, MSW
Patrick H. Davis, MSW is a retired Human Resources Executive Recruiter. He worked in the field of human services for over 20 years in both clinical settings and later in his own human resources, executive recruitment practice. As President of Global Recruitment Services, Inc., Mr. Davis consulted with Fortune 1000 companies, including American Electric Power Company, Inc., General Electric, Dow Chemical, Shell Oil and Gas, Calpine Corporation and Edison International.
During his retirement he began creating a unique curriculum that examines the historically unique and epic life transitions of Baby Boomers. Today, he writes and lectures on the need for essential life skills in the 21st century for adults and brings extensive practical experience to the understanding of late-life adult transitions and the change process. Through a collection of lectures, trainings, and short courses, his teaching and research focuses on the remarkable influence the Baby Boomer generation has on America today and will continue to have for the next 30 years in terms of the social, political, cultural, and economic realities of the nation.
Mr. Davis is the Director and Founder of the Institute for Applied Critical Thinking, an educational organization helping adults learn to think more critically about the events that influence their lives.
Mr. Davis possesses a B.A. in Psychology/Social Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and holds a Masters in Social Work from Portland State University. He recently conducted lectures at San Diego State University on late-life adult transitions. |
