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SECTION I: WHO ARE THE GENERATIONS AND WHY DO THEY COLLIDE? 1 1 GENERATIONAL TURBULENCE ............................3 THE WIDENING GENERATION GAP AT WORK 2 FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB ..............10 TRADITIONALISTS, BABY BOOMERS, GENERATION XERS, AND MILLENNIALS AT WORK 3 THE TIE-DYED PREPPY ................................36 ON THE CUSP BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS 4 RACE, RELIGION, GENDER ... WHAT NEXT? .................42 GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES: THE NEWEST FORM OF DIVERSITY SECTION II: PUTTING THE GENERATIONS TO WORK 49 5 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? .............51 MAPPING THE GENERATIONS' CAREER PATHS 6 FROM A GOLD CLOCK TO FOUNDERS' STOCK .................70 REWARDING THE GENERATIONS 7 SCORING A PERFECT "10" ON THE BALANCE BEAM .............97 WHAT 'BALANCE' MEANS TO THE GENERATIONS 8 SITTING ON A PORCH SWING DRINKING METAMUCIL? ..........122 HOW THE GENERATIONS ARE REDEFINING RETIREMENT 9 IS FUN REALLY THE "F-WORD"? .......... ..............141 THE DIRT ON 'FUN' AT WORK SECTION III: RECRUITING THE GENERATIONS 149 10 FINDERS KEEPERS .................................151 HOW THE RULES OF THE RECRUITING GAME HAVE CHANGED 11 WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO WORK FOR YOU? .............163 CREATING EMPLOYEE VALUE PROPOSITIONS FOR THE GENERATIONS 12 READY, AIM, HIRE! .................................180 PUTTING VALUE PROPOSITIONS TO WORK 13 DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH ............................199 FINDING NEW GENERATIONS OF EMPLOYEES 14 HERE'S YOUR BOSS AND BENEFITS; THERE'S THE BATHROOM .....215 ORIENTATION PROGRAMS AND THE GENERATIONS SECTION IV: RETAINING AND MANAGING THE GENERATIONS 235 15 THE SOLID OAK DOOR HAS BECOME A REVOLVING ONE .........237 RETAINING THE GENERATIONS 16 IS NO NEWS REALLY GOOD NEWS? .......................253 GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK 17 THE SCHOOL BELL IS RINGING MORE LOUDLY THAN EVER ........275 TRAINING THE GENERATIONS 18 "I ONCE DIAPERED SOMEBODY WHO'S NOW MY BOSS'S AGE" .....297 WHEN GENERATION X IS THE MANAGER 19 MINDING YOUR GENERATIONAL Ps AND Qs .................308 LANGUAGE, ETIQUETTE, AND THE GENERATIONS 20 CONNECTING OVER THE KUNG PAO ......................319 HOW THE GENERATIONS ARE REINVENTING DIVERSITY SECTION V: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 329 21 ARE WE THERE YET? ................................331 THE FUTURE OF THE GENERATIONS AT WORK BIBLIOGRAPHY 337 INDEX 339