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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, welcomed Gitte Madelaire to provide another commentary in a series.
The Gitte Madelaire Commentaries
Welcome to the fourth article in the series “Be the Leader You Aspire to Be” here on The Price of Business Show, where I will focus on the trends which lie ahead of us and how they will affect humans and businesses. The articles are based on my book Energetic Leadership, which talks about 9 trends leaders must navigate to cater for employees increasing demand for more spiritual leadership and sustainable business models aligned with their life purposes. These articles are about business leadership in the new era. I hope you will find inspiration for your own leadership and the leader you aspire to be.
The first article outlined 9 trends for business leadership and focused on authentic curiosity as a key competency for leaders to master. The second and third articles explained the concept of energy frequencies as the source of our true potential, followed by the alignment of a company purpose with the life purposes of employees and customers.
In the fourth article we will look at the 6-5 different generations who are present in organizations now or on the brink of entering or leaving a working life and what characterize them.
In my corporate career I often wondered; Why is it so difficult to make an organization work together? It is the best competitive advantage to have, as it is difficult to copy.
By diving into all the generations, we get a better understanding of the “people cocktail” in the organizations. These 6 Generations are now defining our businesses as we are all born in one, have parents in another, grandparent in a third, and children in a fourth.
Each generation has a role in evolution, which is defining what their focus is.
Before the Internet:
The Silent (1925-45) – BUILD the new business world
The Boomers (1946-64) – SCALE the new world
Gen X (1965 – 1979) – TEAR DOWN, SELL OUT to make room for the NEXT LEAP
After the Internet
Millennials (1980-1994) – BUILD the new world based on the internet
Gen Z (1995-2012) – SCALE the businesses through internet
Gen Alpha (2013 – 2025) – TEAR DOWN, SELL OUT to make room for the NEXT LEAP
So, by understanding what is happening over a life span of 3 generations it can give us some background of our motives for doing things or being frustrated about life & work.
How do the 6 generations look at WORK and what is their DRIVER, SAFE SPACE and GOAL.
The Silent (1925-45) Work hard, retire and die. They were afraid of not having enough, were safe in the local community and wanted financial safety.
The Boomers (1946-64) – Work hard, retire and relax, afraid of not having lived and were safe in the Welfare state and wanted financial surplus.
Gen X (1965 – 1979) – Work is difficult and is driven by making a difference, and they feel safe in the career. The goal is financial freedom.
Millennials – Gen Y (1980-1994) – Work is psychological demanding, and the driver becomes workcation and they feel safe in friends as family with independence as a goal.
Gen Z (1995-2012) – Work is a quest, and their desire is to change the world and feel safe in a global network as their goal interdependence.
Gen Alpha (2013 – 2025) – Work is a quest with AI while they are saving the world and feeling safe in global connectivity and taking spirituality to a new level with a deeper understanding of energy consciousness.
All generations are defined by their role in evolution to either BUILD, SCALE or TEAR DOWN and how they perceive work/life. So, what we see is modern life design colliding with old leadership habits. It is normal. It is transformation. But to succeed we need psychological safety as the base of thriving cultures.
The internet taught us to get technological connected. Now we need to get energetically connected to ourselves and each other. This is what Gen Y and Gen Z, and even more Gen Alpha are interested in, but they are struggling with older generations who have not spent time on inner development or learned to talk about wellbeing.
Understanding the characteristics of generations will help businesses having better dialogues, building resilient cultures, making better decisions, creating space for creativity, scaling business with an understanding of what skills to practice that will support the 3 bottom lines. Spirituality and energy consciousness will be a natural part of leadership in the future.
I hope you have a feast observing the generations and everything that tie us together.
Engage and enjoy your conversations.
Gitte Madelaire is an intuitive and visionary pioneer in leadership development. People, customers, business development, and futurism have always interested and motivated her. With a background in corporate business at companies such as Fona/HMW, Codan Insurance, Volvo Trucks and Ensure, she now inspires to new leadership through her book,” Energetic Leadership”, keynotes, facilitation and mentoring for leaders in her company Bronte ApS. Gitte holds a BSc in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and an MBA semester from the University of Victoria. She also has traditional leadership courses and certifications in intuitive and feminine future leadership, inner sustainability, and energy-based leadership. Gitte has lived in London, Sydney, and Kuala Lumpur and currently resides in Denmark.
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