How to Find and Keep Top-Notch Gen-X Office Employees

Tips for Managing Gen-X Staffers

▸ Listen with full attention, speak respectfully, and praise good work often.

▸ Create an atmosphere in which it is okay to respectfully disagree, and remember that your Gen-X staffers will be far more responsive if you explain why you do things your way.

▸ Keep in mind that many Gen-Xers don't have long attention spans, so make your communications and instructions concise and to the point.

▸ Gen-Xers are computer savvy, so put your communications, guidelines, and requests online or in electronic form.

▸ Gen-Xers are learning oriented, so conduct periodic learning inventories and ask them what they're learning during the day-to-day operations of your office.

▸ Encourage your staffers to cultivate their lives outside the office.

▸ Encourage teamwork and help foster a familial atmosphere in your office.

▸ Whatever it is that you preach, make sure you're practicing it.

▸ Lighten up and learn to be flexible.

Source: Dr. Anderson