Tips for Managing Gen-X Staffers
▸ Listen with full attention, speak respectfully, and praise good work often.
▸ Create an atmosphere in which it is okay to respectfully disagree, and remember that your Gen-X staffers will be far more responsive if you explain why you do things your way.
▸ Keep in mind that many Gen-Xers don't have long attention spans, so make your communications and instructions concise and to the point.
▸ Gen-Xers are computer savvy, so put your communications, guidelines, and requests online or in electronic form.
▸ Gen-Xers are learning oriented, so conduct periodic learning inventories and ask them what they're learning during the day-to-day operations of your office.
▸ Encourage your staffers to cultivate their lives outside the office.
▸ Encourage teamwork and help foster a familial atmosphere in your office.
▸ Whatever it is that you preach, make sure you're practicing it.
▸ Lighten up and learn to be flexible.
Source: Dr. Anderson