In this session, we considered the multi-generational management question in the context of the current economic climate. Everyone recognized that things have changed drastically in some fairly obvious ways – layoffs, resource constraints and restructurings are endemic. In some cases the impact varied for each of the generations – nervous pre-retirement baby boomers, stressed Gen  X, and still impatient Gen Y. So while the “war for talent” still exists at a meta level , we wondered if there was a slight retrenchment in the face of such major shifts. 

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