We think we know the 40 million Gen X workers and the Boomer decision makers creating our team-based organizations. But with the first empirical data of their kind, the authors of this surprising and controversial look at today's reality separate fact from fiction about how to create high-performing teams that build on the values each generation brings to the workplace: authentic teams that celebrate the individual and strengthen collaboration and commitment without sacrificing the collective. BRIDGING THE BOOMER-XER GAP explodes the myth of Gen Xers as slackers, loners, and self-absorbed job-shifters and exposes the truth about how the Boomers leading today's organizations can build a team-based business landscape for the 21st century. Armed with fascinating evidence culled from nearly 400 surveys from such organizations as Boeing Aircraft, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Champion Mortgage, the authors offer an effective new model for managing the integration of Boomers...
