The document discusses effective inter-generational collaboration in the workforce. It notes that today's workforce spans 5 generations for the first time in history. It then provides an overview of each generation currently in the workforce. The document goes on to share a success story of inter-generational collaboration from Rotary Youth Leadership Awards District 7070. It suggests that lack of communication, training, and collaboration are root causes of issues. Finally, it encourages mindset shifts to break misconceptions, barriers, and judgement between generations.

1. Effective Inter-Generational Collaboration
Flo Wackermann & Weiting Xu
Tuesday, June 4

2. Florian Wackermann
Rotarian, Rotary Club of Germering, Germany
Past Member, Joint Young Leaders & Alumni Committee
Past Co-chair, Rotaract/Interact Committee

3. Weiting Xu
Rotaractor, Rotaract District 7070 Club, Canada
(Southern Ontario)
Chair, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards District 7070
Past District Rotaract Representative, District 7070
Past President, Rotaract Club of York University

4. Today’s workforce is the
first in history
to span
5 generations.
😱

5. Traditionalists
born before 1946

6. Traditionalists
born before 1946
Baby Boomers
born between 1946 and 1964

7. Traditionalists
born before 1946
Baby Boomers
born between 1946 and 1964
Generation X
born between 1965 and 1976

8. Generation Y
Millennials
born between 1977 and 1997
Traditionalists
born before 1946
Baby Boomers
born between 1946 and 1964
Generation X
born between 1965 and 1976

9. Traditionalists
born before 1946
Generation Y
Millennials
born between 1977 and 1997
Generation Z
born After 1997
Baby Boomers
born between 1946 and 1964
Generation X
born between 1965 and 1976

10. 1
2
3
A Root Cause Story
A Success Story
Ways to Take Action
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13. Root Causes
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17. Lack of
Communication
Lack of
Training
Lack of
Collaboration
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20. Success Story
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2019 RYLA District 7070

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“Weiting, what do you
need from me?
Tell me how
I can help.”

23. Marie Visser
Youth Service
Committee, District 7070
& Rotarian,
Rotary Club of Courtice
Mary Lou Harrison
District Governor, District
7070 & Roarian,
Rotary Club of Toronto-
Sunrise
Mark Chipman
District 7070 Rotaract
Chair & Rotarian,
Rotary Club of Whitby
Carolina Rodriguez
Chair, District 7070
Rotaract Conference
&
District 7070 Rotaract
Representative
Sonya Thompson
Advisor, RYLA 2019
Rotarian, Rotary Club
of Oshawa-Parkwood
Virginia O’Reilly
Membership Chair,
District 7070
Rotarian, Rotary Club
of Toronto East
Weiting Xu
RYLA 2019 Chair
(Rotaractor)
Dishan Ratnajothi
Finance Director, RYLA 2019
(Rotaractor)
Katherine Kirkpatrick-Wahl
Program Director, RYLA 2019
(Rotaractor)
Marina Mansurova
Admin Director, RYLA 2019
(Soon to be Rotaractor)
Neil Phillips
RYLA 2019 Chair
(Rotarian)
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2019 RYLA District 7070
5 GENERATIONS!!!

26. Mindset Shift
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Break the Misconception
by declaring a small break
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28. Break the Barriers
by neutralizing the negative
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29. Break the Judgement
by extending the offer
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30. When are you least likely to get along?
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Recent poll by research-and-consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates.
"Generational understanding is the new diversity training," says Sharalyn Orr, Executive Director.
Someone from another generation
Different Racial Background
Opposite gender
52%
30%
19%

31. Today,
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32. Misconceptions Barriers Judgement
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1 2 3
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33. Generational diversity is
one of our competitive advantages!
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34. Thank you for joining us.
Questions, thoughts, comments?
Flo Wackermann LinkedIn
Rotary Club of Germering, Germany
Past Member, Joint Young Leaders & Alumni Committee
Past Co-chair, Rotaract/Interact Committee
florian.wackermann@rotary1841.de
Weiting Xu LinkedIn
Rotaract District 7070 Club, Canada
Chair, RYLA District 7070
Past District Rotaract Representative
weiting@rylad7070.org

35. Let’s see the collaborative effort
from around the world!
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36. Are you promoting collaboration in an intergenerational workforce?
Forbes article by Liz Alton
The future of a multi-generational workplace
Forbes article by Robert Reiss
PwC’s Next Gen: A Global Generational Study
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
What baby boomers can learn from millennials at work and vice versa
TED Talk by Chip Conley
Why Generational Diversity is the ultimate competitive advantage
Inc. Article by Ryan Jenkins
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