ok...So I have been reading and I came across some interesting information as it relates to generational integration in training sessions/classrooms. Everyone is there! Transitionalist want you to suck it up and deal with what comes. The Baby-Boomers have this concerned fear that once you get the training that you will envitably leave the workplace and nulify your loyalty to the company and your other coworkers. The Gen Xer's are trying to find out how will this all play out in the end and if the training that is offered or available has the potential to progress us forward and into the next dimension of our careers. Then those precious Millenials know that training is a part of growth and are looking for a good time in the process of learning.
This is an interesting look at the dynamics of classroom design but also how as a facilitator you need to be aware of the commonality that you share with those whom you represent (generationally) and how you communicated those needs and address them appropiately. As a Gen Xer with friend, colleagues in each generation, I see first hand the effects on how they view their value in the classroom and if I know what I am talking about when we discuss events of the hour. My generation was the premiere generation to increase the teen pregnancy rate in the US than any other generation in history. We are grandparents in our late 30's and early 40's with retirement no where in sight. Our understanding of who we are and the effectiveness of our presence in the workplace is sometimes overshadowed by those who have "traveled this way before" or see our contributions as less than stellar.
Using the classroom as a community glue works. It makes you create the kind of environment that will be condusive for others while at the same time making you work harder to find the needs of the populations and pieces in the confines of the curriculum that will have long lasting and pivotal effects on how people operate, move and grow.
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