Working environment these days have become very diverse especially in the age aspect. In fact many offices have employees of four different generations.
Each of these generation's employees have their own developed skills and experience and the company that maximum utilises their potential emerge successful.
So does this age difference matter in today' workforce? Russ bucker in an article in achieveforum.com says yes.
'Age diversity does matter as long as organizations are taking advantage of the talents, experience and strengths each individual of their workforce has to offer,' he adds.
The author says that over-generalisation about people groups causes more harm than good. This will make people concentrate more on the differences than on the positives.
'Did you know that a recent research found key multiple age groups share the same views in terms of motivation and values?' the author asks.
He also suggests that organisations must implement practices that will help people from different age groups to collaborate with each other.
A proper development program in this area will break harmful stereotypes and makes everyone to treat each other as an individual.
This will also make people to find a common ground by connecting with each other, look for and celebrate the talents in everyone and partner across generational lines.
Your business will start benefiting once your employees start thinking about the similarities than the difference and it is upto you to provide the platform for it.