Have you noticed something about generations in the workplace, as business owners, and entrepreneurs? They’re getting younger and older all at the same time.

Five generations of people are actively full-time in professional positions as entrepreneurs, owners, and decision-makers in an industry in the US and Canada. You’re one of them if you’re watching and listening to me now.

What are the implications for ideas, innovation, creativity, change, stability, communication, adaptability, and implementation with such generational range? THAT question is beyond this 3-minute video.

Yet what can we do to convey our ideas, pitch, market, present to, and interact with 5 different generations? THIS question I can answer. It’s the same that’s been asked for…well…generations.

Let me give you a few names and dates to emphasize our generational diversity.

• Warren Buffett: Born 1930
• Jim Pattison (Canada – Pattison Group): Born 1928
• Rupert Murdoch: Born 1931
• J.W. Marriott JR.: Born 1932
• Bill Gates: Born 1955 – Founder, Microsoft
• Jeff Bezos: Born 1964 – Founder, CEO, Amazon.com
• Sergey Brin and Larry Paige: Both born 1973 – Co-Founders, Google
• Mark Zuckerberg: Born 1984 – Founder, CEO, Facebook
• Noa Mintz: Born 2000 – Founder, Nannies by Noa, a New York-based full-service child care agency
• Moziah “Mo” Bridges: Born 2002 – Founder, Mo’s Bows
• Haile Thomas: Born 2000 – Founder of HAPPY, a youth health & wellness company
• Logan Guleff: Born 2002: Food entrepreneur and winner of Master Chef Junior season 02

How’s that for a generational spread in business!

Interaction with PEOPLE, regardless of generation, to communicate and implement ideas is most-effective when we:

– Treat everyone with respect;

– Listen with a mindset of seeking to understand;

– Appreciate each person’s knowledge and expertise;

– Communicate in a manner most comfortable to the RECIPIENT of your messages;

– Ask for proof of claims that are made;

– Channel high energy and active minds for good over evil;

– Accept that technology will advance exponentially and deal with it, getting help when needed, and learning what you can to harness it for the benefit of your business or profession;

– Encourage diverse thought, perspectives, and attitudes;

– Conduct yourself as a servant leader; and

– Avoid burning relationship bridges.