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helpsg via Pixabay Today's workplace pool has a lot more age diversity than it had in generations past. People are retiring later and m any now working years, sometimes decades, past the former 55 to 65 age range for retirement. This means careers are stretching a lot longer than they used to and it has changed workforce demographics . As the first decade of the new millennium came to a close, for the first time in the United States there were four generations coming together as colleagues - veterans, baby boomers, generation X and millennials (and now generation Z is also beginning to enter the workforce too). In 2015 millenials became the largest working population. Unsplash via Pixabay Each generation brings its own unique attributes to an organization. Differing ideas and approaches With diversity typically comes innovation, fresh ideas and, yes, sometimes there is conflict too. However, if everyone agreed on everything, there would never be any new ideas ...

There are many different styles of leadership and several approaches leaders can take when it comes to listening to employees. Some leaders or managers tend to be more reserved while others are more interactive and open with their staff members.

Image credit: Geralt /Pixabay Distributing a heavy workload to a shorthanded staff can be a difficult scenario. Over the past few years, organizations have been laying off, not filling positions when people retire and/or are simply not hiring as many people. In this type of situation, you will have to deal with the consequences of a shorthanded staff.