4.Communicating withGen-Xers in the Workplace
How do Gen-Xers deal with communication and information?
The most ironic misperception of Xers is that they have short attention spans and do not deal well with information. Xers do think, learn, and communicate differently than members of previous generations, because their minds were shaped by the information revolution. That is why Xers often seem to move from one non sequitur to another; appear to resist linear thinking; sometimes don’t seem to be paying attention; focus on many things at one time; prefer audio, video, and computer media; flip through reams of printed information very quickly, assimilating and discarding information with little apparent rhyme or reason; and so on. The flip side ...
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