73 rd Annual Convention

June 5-7, 2014

San Diego, California

Generations of Leadership

Cheryl Krier, CPIW, ACS

Generations of Leadership

Over 35 millionBaby Boomers

will be leaving the workplace in the next 10-15 years.

Over 60% of Gen Xers have a higher education degree

than other Generations.

Half of Gen Y’s (Millennials) (twenty-somethings) would rather have no job than a job they don’t like.

Generations Percentage in Survey

Silent Boomer Gen X Gen Y0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

10%

57%

24%

10%

Transformational

Task

Servant

People/Relations

Flexible

Democratic

Charismatic

Bureaucratic

Autocratic

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%

13.10%

3.45%

6.21%

19.31%

13.10%

22.76%

21.38%

0.69%

0.00%

The Inner Leader

Democratic

Charasmatic

People/Relations

Transformational

Task

Servant

People/Relations

Flexible

Democratic

Charismatic

Bureaucratic

Autocrati

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0%

SilentBoomersGen XGen Y

Inner Leader by Generation

Shaping the Silent Generation

Shaping the Baby Boomers

Shaping Gen X

Shaping Gen Y

Autoc

ratic

Burea

ucra

tic

Charis

mat

ic

Democ

ratic

Flexibl

e

People

/Rela

tions

Serva

ntTas

k

Trans

form

ation

al0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

OverallSilentBoomersGen XGen Y

Common Leadership Styles

“Your smarts are nothing if you can’t relay it to your team.”

“Leadership is all about the people. Learning how to effectively engage and inspire the people that surround you is a vital skill that must be constantly nurtured. No matter how modernized the economy gets, personal relations will never go out of mode.”

Cameron Burns, Gen Y

Tough Minded

Self Assured

Model

Intuitive

Honest

High Energy

Forward Thinker

Ethical

Enthusiasm

Empathetic

Emotional stability

Disruptive Thinker

Conscientious

Collaborative

Charismatic

0.00% 2.00% 4.00% 6.00% 8.00% 10.00% 12.00% 14.00% 16.00%

0.83%

5.95%

2.63%

5.26%

11.62%

4.29%

13.69%

14.94%

11.07%

3.87%

5.81%

0.55%

6.92%

8.71%

3.87%

Top Leadership Traits

Sharing Advice

PRACTICE

“Practice & Implement”

“Ask your direct reports to evaluate you.

Know your imperfections and work on making corrective steps toward improvement. . .watch and listen for Ahh-Haa moments. Then practice & implement the skills you learned.”

Cheri Bailey, Baby Boomer

Tough Minded

Self Assured

Model

Intuitive

Honest

High Energy

Forward Thinker

Ethical

Enthusiasm

Empathetic

Emotional stability

Disruptive Thinker

Conscientious

Collaborative

Charismatic

0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0% 18.0%

SilentBoomersGen XGen Y

Leadership Traits by Generation

The Future is Forward Thinkers

Silent Boomers Gen X Gen Y

Forward ThinkerEthicalEnthusiasm

Forward Thinking…

Generations of Leadership