Margaret Meloni

Helping YOU Be the Best Project Manager that YOU can be

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Margaret’s Picks
  • Products
    • Project Inspiration
    • Managing Up
    • Recovering from Damaging Situations
    • WBS Coach
    • Mitigate Yourself

By Margaret Meloni Leave a Comment

Generational Sensitivity: You are the Perfect Age

Several years ago, my youngest cousin married. He was at least fifteen years younger than the rest of us. He was also about fifty years younger than his oldest aunt. Over the weekend of the wedding, I was escorting this aunt. Who, by the way, would never be described by anyone as elderly. She had lots of pep in her step!

The night before the wedding there was a wine tasting party. EVERYONE was invited. The bride and groom made sure that EVERYONE knew that they were invited. But our aunt really hesitated. She declared that this was a party for young people. She made it clear, that I did not qualify.

I and other members of the family, who were just as ‘not young’, were looking forward to the party. With my aunt in tow, off we went. It was probably a fun party. We will never know. As soon as the ‘young folk’ began to arrive, my aunt became very uncomfortable and agitated. We left.

And that is when I learned that my aunt had a fear of young people.

My late mother-in-law was just the opposite. In her nineties, she talked about how she hated to be around old people. The old people she was referring to were all ten to fifteen years her junior.

How sad to miss out on a friendship because of age. To pass up the opportunity to share and to learn from one another. Yes, different generations have different experiences. We might use different words, or use the same words different ways. We might listen to different music. That’s no reason not to spend time together.

Let’s consider the phrase, the wisdom of the ages and perhaps allow it to mean, the wisdom that comes from all ages.

In this spirit, I had the good fortune to discuss ‘Generational Sensitivity and Diversity for Project Leaders’ with Cornelius Fichtner of The Project Management Podcast. Check out our discussion right here: www.project-management-podcast.com/index.php/podcast-episodes/768-episode-402-generational-sensitivity-and-diversity-for-project-managers

It’s good to be old, or young or in between.
It’s good to have a multi-generational team.

Cheers,

PS. It doesn’t matter whether you are an old soul or young at heart. It just matters that we treat one another with respect.

Filed Under: Communication Tagged With: fear of old people, fear of young people, Generational Sensitivity, Millennials, Millennials vs baby boomers, old people, young people

Being a project manager is no easy endeavor. You have to master BOTH the hard skills and the soft skills. You have to know how to create and manage project quality, project scope, schedule and budget AND create a high performing team. That is NOT easy. AND keep your certification current (or pursue your certification).

If only you had a trusted advisor and access to quick and easy tips and techniques and affordable and flexible training, created just for project managers. The good news is that you do!

Let ME Support YOU

Browse

  • Home
  • Blog
  • first draft of Margaret Meloni
  • Margaret’s Picks
  • Products

Let ME Support YOU

Contact

Phone: (866) 639-0487

Fax: (562) 439-0854

Email: info@MargaretMeloni.com

Copyright © 2018 · Hello Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in