Chapter 3

Up, Down, and Sideways

Coaching That Transcends Generational Differences

In researching this book, I conducted a survey of about 200 professionals from the four generations—Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials—about their coaching preferences. I was curious to see the differences I would find, and I was excited at the prospect of sharing these findings with you. Well, I won't be sharing much from this survey, because I found very little worth telling, except that people of all ages seem to have practically identical coaching preferences—there were no notable differences! I can't say that I am surprised, because ...

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