Chapter 13
Making Adjustments for Ages and Life Stages
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding those caught between two generations
Making sense of old and young Millennials
Getting to know Millennial parents
Meeting the DINKS: Dual Income No Kids
On your journey to Millennial management expertise, a few inevitable questions are bound to crop up. Questions like, “Is what I’m learning generational or something else?” “Are these patterns really generational or just life stage?” “What if you’re born on a birth-year cutoff and don’t align specifically with one generation?” We’ll be honest with you … we’ve also had similar doubts.
Or, maybe you manage a band of what seem like Millennial misfits. No matter how much you learn, you just can’t seem to make sense of all their unique qualities. When you think about the Millennials that report to you, do any of the following sound familiar?
- They don’t really act like Millennials, but they’re not quite like Gen Xers either.
- They’re in their early careers but look nothing like early-career Millennials did ten years ago.
- They are DINKs (dual income, no kids), ...
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