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What Motivates Employees? The Answer Depends (Partly) on their Generation
Dalahn Colley , Entrepreneur, United States, Member
The age of retirement has been moved to 60, 65, 70 years and beyond. Where each generation used to pass the baton; there is no baton being passed anymore.
We can now find multiple generations (up to 4!) working in the workplace together. There are many intergenerational differences, including work motivation. While every person is different, it is proven that generational similarities such as priorities, motivators, reward preferences etc. do exist.
 An organization has to address that when creating a motivational plan. There are currently four generations in the workforce / rat race :-). Generational trends and motivators have been researched and identified by experts. To address the employees as a group an effective leader will understand and convey the messages proven to motivate each generation:
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We Are What We Were When
Gil Vondrasek, Consultant, United States, Member There was a great training film from the 1980's entitled " We are what we were when". It describes quite vividly what Dalahn is describing.
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Age is Just a Number
Dev Sen, Teacher, United Kingdom, Member We tend to forget the idea of "retirement" is just a recent invention. In fact the people being called "mature" come from generation where the concept... |
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4 Generations for 4 Ways or Life
jorge eixeres, Director, Spain, Member Imagine those 4 generations with the same instruments of knowledgement, as internet is. You can notice then that younger people are less motivated to ... |
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What Motivates All Generations?
Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member What motivates all generations? Competence of and setting good examples by 'superiors'.
There might be variances according to generation, though.... |
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Common Motivations Among all Generations
WALTER Pascal I agree that the answer depends partly on their generation. That's a fact.
But all generations also have common motivations and that's what is th... |
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Just Learn About the Multi-generational Workforce
JoAnn Becker, Management Consultant, United States, Member I know a 98 yr young retired US Federal judge who still practices and gets called back to the bench to serve. All generations need to learn to work wi... |
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Generational Motivation
Vance E. Woods, Student (MBA), United States, Member @ Samuel Luzobe: Generation motivation is definitely a cultural phenomenon. It is relevant only in cultures with mix... |
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What Motivates People over the Generations?
Alain Kriegel, Consultant, France, Member I agree that everyone is looking for a balance between work and private life. The equilibrium point of the balance varies with the generations.
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Work Motivations of Young and Mature People
Carlos Torres, Business Consultant, Member Indeed, the different generations may have other perspectives on the meaning and purpose of their work. For over 13 years or so, I had to share experi... |
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The Importance of the Boss
raffaele campanella, Management Consultant, Italy, Member I have a very clear statement in my mind, after 35 years spent in industrial organizations: "The most difficult task of a boss is to motivate his empl... |
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Common Motivation for 4 Generations
Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal, Member Appreciation, challenge and reward are common in all generations. The Generation X'ers and Millenia's are also motivated if the work place has gender ... |
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What Motivates Employees? Generational Determinant
Upadhyayula Narayana Das, HR Consultant, India, Member Ascribing motivation as a function of generation might be too simplistic a view.
One might find a veteran for whom "work is worship" and a rookie... |
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Age / Generations Don't Matter Much
Beddoe, Manager, United Kingdom, Member Personally I feel these simple categories are generalising and as many others have stated do not take into account the numerous other factors which in... |
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Interesting Comments by All
Dr Gary Jones, Business Consultant, Australia, Member All the comments are valid some coming from an academic research base, others from experience. Some of the participants in this forum have mentioned M... |
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Attributes of Generations / Cohorts
de vries, Consultant, Netherlands, Member Generation planning is important. Not only in managing. Generations share common values but more important common experiences/ trauma's. Most trauma's... |
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Motivations of the Various Generations
AKOM JOSHUA, Project Manager, Ghana, Member According to Maslow, motivation need not depend on the type of generation but instead on the individual's need. It could be that certain needs would c... |
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Generational Traits in Employees’ Motivation
Gafar Bamikole, Accountant, United Kingdom, Member Compared to universal motivational theories, generational traits represent a more specific concept from which other (individual) motivational variable... |
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Media Motivate the New Generation?
hernando bernal, Professor, Colombia, Member Motivation is more than perception, Alvin Toffler said family and human behavior change with the greatest exposure to information.
Since the arri... |
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