Link: http://www.fastcompany.com/resources/talent/heffernan/managing-generational-differences/052507.html

Margaret Heffernan talks about how to manage diverse teams by recognizing three fundamental needs that are common across employees of all generations.

Different generations exude various qualities and have differing needs in the work place. "Kids nowadays…" That phrase used to signal a long, weary complaint by parents about their wayward teenagers. But we're hearing it more and more outside the home nowadays-- in offices, in executive suites, even from managers who just can't fathom their new work force. They're hiring smart, young employees, providing them with opportunities to climb the corporate ladder, paying them well -- and how do they show their thanks? They announce that they're going trekking in Venezuela and they quit! Or they decide to go and work for a non-profit. Or, with next to no experience, they want to start their own business. What are they thinking?

Is this sounding familiar?