Robert W. Wendover, M Ed
Director
The Center for Generational Studies
7595 S. Elkhorn Mountain
Littleton, CO 80127
Phone: 303-807-3096
Fax: 303-680-1186
wendover@gentrends.com
www.generationaldiversity.com

Robert W. Wendover has been researching and writing about workforce trends for more than 20 years. He currently serves as Director of the Center for Generational Studies. Mr. Wendover has authored the Center’s training curriculum, Generations: Understanding Age Diversity in Today’s Workplace. His nine books include Crossing the Generational Divide, Two Minute Motivation: How to Inspire Superior Performance and Smart Hiring, now in its sixth edition. Mr. Wendover is a regular guest in media across the U.S. His credits include CNN, CNBC, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Detroit Free Press, The Florida Sentinel, The Denver Post, The Providence Journal and even Women’s Wear Daily.  Read Full Bio

Summary of Session: Common Sense by Friday: Introducing Critical Thinking to the Menu Driven Generation
How will you introduce critical thinking to the most diverse, wired, impatient, demanding, menu-dependent generation in US history? They may be able to make a smart phone dance, but take it out of their hands and they struggle with problem solving and situational awareness. Discover the future marketplace implications when 81 million digital natives dominate the businesses of tomorrow. Learn what cutting-edge organizations are doing to on-board, training and nurture productivity out of the young professionals of tomorrow.
 
 Briefly describe the learning objectives of your session:
Participants will learn:
1. The three major challenge menu-dependent workers face as they integrate into the workplace.
2. The four steps effective managers take to build the critical thinking skills of those ages 30 and younger.
3. The three critical changes businesses will find themselves making to successfully assimilate the menu-driven generation.

Summary of Keynote: The Power of Inclusion Celebrating Age Diversity in Today’s Workplace

As our nation embraces the diversity of those within our workforce, we need to recognize the differences and similarities among those in our four, soon to be five, generations. While workplace veterans look with fascination on emerging contributors, young workers are doing the same about their elders. But along with fascination, of course, has come frustration, miscommunication and irritation. Join Robert Wendover, Director of The Center for Generational Studies, as he takes an insightful and entertaining look at how we can celebrate age diversity and profit from it as well.