Being Generationally Savvy: Working Effectively with all Generations

PL # 12176

  • Starting on 11 Jun 2019
  • Cancellation permitted until 05 Jun 2019
  • Event registrations closed on 06 Jun 2019

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Description

Have you noticed your newer employees feel and look and act differently than novice colleagues you remember?  Are you hearing of communication challenges between colleagues of different ages?  Are you becoming aware more employees want a life-work balance vs. a work-life balance?  Generational factors might be coming into play.  Who are these four generations in our workplaces?  What are their strengths and needs?  What structures and communication protocols should we design to work well with them all?  And, what knowledge do we need to help every group thrive?
 
Participants will learn how to:
  • Formulate a better understanding of each generation’s motivations and needs in the workplace
  • Prepare tools and structures that will translate into better more effective collaboration for generationally diverse teams
  • Become more skilled at creating a climate of inclusion for all generations
  • Adapt one’s language skills to communicate effectively with different generations
 

Presenters

Jennifer Abrams

Jennifer  Abrams

Jennifer Abrams is an international educational and communications consultant for public and independent schools, universities and non-profits. Jennifer trains and coaches teachers, administrators and others on new teacher/employee support, having hard conversations, collaboration skills and being your best adult self at work.

In her over two decades at Palo Alto Unified School District (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Jennifer was a high school English teacher, new teacher coach, and professional development facilitator. She left PAUSD in 2012 to start her full time communications consultancy in which she works with schools and organizations across the globe.

Jennifer presents at annual North American-based conferences such as Learning Forward, ASCD, NASSP, NAESP, AMLE, ISACS and the New Teacher Center Annual Symposium among others.  Internationally, she facilitated with the Teachers’ and Principals’ Centers for International School Leadership (TTC and PTC) and presents with EARCOS, NESA, ECIS, AISA, AASSA, CEESA and Tri-Association, and consults with schools across Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Canada.

Jennifer’s publications include Having Hard Conversations, The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicating, Collaborating & Creating Community and Hard Conversations Unpacked – the Whos, the Whens and the What Ifs, Swimming in the Deep End: Four Foundational Skills for Leading Successful School Initiatives, and her upcoming book, Stretching Your Learning Edge: Growing (Up) at Work, will be out in April of 2021.

Jennifer has been recognized as one of “21 Women All K-12 Educators Need to Know” by Education Week’s ‘Finding Common Ground’ blog. She considers herself a “voice coach,” helping others learn how to best use their voices – be it collaborating on a team, presenting in front of a group, coaching a colleague, supervising an employee. Jennifer can be reached at jennifer@jenniferabrams.com, www.jenniferabrams.com, and on Twitter @jenniferabrams.

 

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Date / Time

11 Jun 2019 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 16:00

Delivery Format : In Person

Wollaston Conference Centre - Perth

PL Hours : 6.50

Learning Area

  • Leadership

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