I love teaching generations in the workplace. I use this illustration of a cup of coffee from Starbucks to capture the "spirit" of each of the four generations in the workplace today.

1. All Four
Generations
explained with
one cup of
Starbucks Coffee

2. $4.87 for a
cup of
coffee? Are you
kidding me!
My first car cost
$5.00!
The Traditionalist says:

3. I have my assistant
working on a way to
mainline my Starbucks
so I don’t have to send
her out three times a
day to get me a quad
venti latte.
The Baby Boomer says:

4. You call it Starbucks. I
call it my office. I
haven’t been in to my
real office in like a
month.
Greatest thing ever.
The Gen X’er says:

5. No this isn’t
Starbucks. Are you
kidding me? We only
drink coffee that is fair
traded and uses only
vegan ingredients.
The Millennial says: