Podcast: The Multigenerational Workplace
November 14, 2017
Listen to Jennifer on the TL Talk Radio podcast where she discusses her book The Multigenerational Workplace.
About:
In this episode, we are speaking with Jennifer Abrams. Jennifer is an international educational and communications consultant who trains and coaches teachers, administrators and others on successful instructional practices, new teacher support, supervision and evaluation, generational savvy, having hard conversations and effective collaboration skills.
Here is what we talked about:
- Tell us about the big ideas or essential questions behind your book – The Multigenerational Workplace.
- You begin the text by defining the generations. Help us understand these distinctions.
- You discuss working with multiple generations. Why is it important for us to consider this in our workplace?
- What do you mean by school-savvy etiquette?
- We have recently adopted a Profile of a Graduate in which we highlight knowledge, skills, and dispositions for our graduates. We focus on the 4 c’s including communication and collaboration. In your book, you discuss communicating to collaborate. Tell us what that means in this context.
- Why is it important for us to recruit and retain the generations in education?
- We invest significant human and financial resources in professional learning. Why should we differentiate for our generations?
- What’s next for you, Jennifer? What are you working on now?
About Jennifer Abrams
Jennifer has been recognized as one of "21 Women All K-12 Educators Need to Know" by Education Week's 'Finding Common Ground' blog. She considers herself a "voice coach," helping others learn how to best use their voices – be it collaborating on a team, facilitating a group, coaching a colleague, supervising an employee and being an all around better human being in all types of interactions.
Work with Jennifer
Praise for Jennifer
A Superb Presenter
“Jennifer presented a workshop on Having Hard Conversations to our staff. She is a superb presenter, with a strong command of the content, excellent real examples, and professional delivery. Staff have since been talking to me all week about how much they enjoyed the presentation. I only wish we had more time with her, as these practices have the potential to have a really positive impact on our workplace.”
