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Multiple Generations at Work – Implications – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1007 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1007 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Kampus Production Credit: Karolina Kaboompics Credit: Markus Spiske The fact is that multiple generations are working simultaneously in almost all workplaces. As discussed in the last blog post, there are major differences in the orientation, value system, and workplace ethic across generations. This leads to several implications including but not limited to, the impact on communication, boss-subordinate relationship, and workplace culture. Implications of Multiple Generations Working Together Diverse Skill Sets and Perspectives The mix of generations brings diverse perspectives, leading to greater creativity and innovation. Older generation...

Generations at Work - Overview – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1006 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1006 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Aa Dil Credit: Alena Darmel Credit: Alex Green Credit: Askar Abayev Thirty/ Forty years ago, people in Pakistan were also talking about ‘generation gap’. Newspaper articles, TV programs, and even TV plays talked about how the older and newer generations were not able to understand one another. There were no real explanations except that the times had changed. Several years later, the anthropologists and social scientists came up with the concept of generations.  In this short 3-part series, we shall try to understand the basis of classification of generations, their unique characteristics, the implications of multiple generations at the same workplac...