Which generation do you belong to?

[Mojo Ram]

Public poll
Here is some info i pulled to describe each generation.

Do you agree? Disagree? Do you care? Any thoughts?


Core Values

Traditionalists
Adhere to rules
Conformers/Conformity
Contributing to the Collective
good is important
Dedication/Sacrifice
Delayed Reward
Discipline
Don’t question authority
Duty before pleasure
Family Focus
“Giving Back” is important
Hard Work
Law and Order
Loyalty
Patriotism
Patience
Respect for authority
Responsibility
Savers
Stabilizing
Trust in Government

Baby Boomers
Anti war
Anti government
Anything is possible
Equal rights
Equal opportunities
Extremely loyal to their children
Involvement
Optimism
Personal Gratification
Personal Growth
Question Everything
Spend now, worry later
Team Oriented
Transformational
Trust no one over 30
Youth
Work
Want to “make a difference”

Generation X
Balance
Diversity
Entrepreneurial
Fun
Highly Educated
High job expectations
Independent
Informality
Lack of organizational loyalty
Pragmatism
Seek life balance
Self-reliance
Skepticism/Cynical
Suspicious of Boomer values
ThinkGlobally
Techno literacy

Millennials
Achievement
Avid consumers
Civic Duty
Confidence
Diversity
Extreme fun
Fun!
High morals
Highly tolerant
Hotly competitive
Like personal attention
Self confident
Socialability
Members of global community
Most educated generation
Extremely techno savvy
Extremely spiritual
Now!
Optimism
Realism
Street smarts
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Attributes

Traditionalists
Committed to company
Competent
Confident
Conservative
Dedication
Doing more with less
Ethical
Fiscally prudent
Hard-working
Historical viewpoint
Honor
Linear work style
Loyal to organization/employers
(duty, honor, country)
Organized
Patriotic
Respectful of Authority
Rules of conduct
Sacrifice
Strong work ethic
Task oriented
Thrifty-abhor waste
Trust hierarchy and authority

Baby Boomers
Ability to handle a crisis
Ambitious
Anti-extablishmentism
Challenge Authority
Competent
Competitive
Consensus Leadership
Consumerism
Ethical
Good communication skills
Idealism
Live to work
Loyal to careers and employers
Most educated as compared to
other 3 generations
Multi-taskers
Rebellious against convention
beginning with their conservative
parents.
Traditionally found their worth in
their work ethic but now seek a
healthy life/work balance
Optimistic
Political correctness
Strong work ethic
Willing to take on responsibility

Generation X
Adaptable
Angry but don’t know why
Antiestablishment mentality
Big Gap with boomers
Can change
Crave independence
Confident
Competent
Ethical
Flexible
Focus on Results
Free agents
Highest number of divorced
parents
High degree of brand loyalty
Ignore leadership
Independent
Loyal to Manager
Pampered by their parents
Pragmatic
Results driven
Self-starters
Self sufficient
Skeptical of institutions
Strong sense of entitlement
Unimpressed with Authority
Willing to take on responsibility
Willing to put in the extra time to get a
job done
Work/Life Balance
Work to live

Millennials
Ambitious but not entirely focused. Look
to the workplace for direction and to
help them achieve their goals.
At ease in teams
Attached to their gadgets & parents
Best educated - Confident
Diversity Focused - Multiculturalism
Have not lived without computers
Eager to spend money
Fiercely Independent
Focus is children/family
Focus on change using technology
Friendly Scheduled, structured lives
Globalism (Global way of thinking)
Greatly indulged by fun loving parents
Heroism -Consider parents their heroes
High speed stimulus junkies
Incorporate individual resp. into their jobs.
Innovative-think our of box
Individualistic yet group oriented
Invited as children to play a lead role in
family’s purchasing and travel decisions
Loyal to peers
Sociable -Makes workplace friends
“Me First “ Attitude in work life
Most doted upon of any generation@work
Net-centric team players
Open to new ideas
Optimistic
Parent Advocacy (Parents are advocates)
Political Savvy (like the Boomers)
Respect given for competency not title
Respectful of character development
Self –absorbed
Strong sense of entitlement
Techno Savvy - Digital generation
Think mature generation is “cool”
Want to please others
Hope to make life contributions to world
Very patriotic (shaped by 9/11)
Seek responsibility early on in their roles

MORE HERE....http://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf

 

[DaveFan'51]

Core Values

Traditionalists
Adhere to rules
good is important
Dedication/Sacrifice
Delayed Reward
Discipline
Don’t question authority
Duty before pleasure
Family Focus
“Giving Back” is important
Hard Work
Law and Order
Loyalty
Patriotism
Patience
Respect for authority
Responsibility
Savers
Stabilizing
Trust in The USA

I deleted what I don't agree with and Altered one! I think this is a pretty honest assessment of myself! or at least it's what I shoot for!!

 

[Ramhusker]

Although no list will be completely accurate for any group, I thought the Millennials list was laughable.

 

[Selassie I]

Although no list will be completely accurate for any group, I thought the Millennials list was laughable.

Hey Bo,,, aren't you in the Jurassic Generation? What they got on that list Brudda?

 

[Ramhusker]

I can't type a list on the computer, gotta use slate and a soft rock.

 

[cracengl]

It's hard to say if those really are correct. I'm a millenial (barely), but I'm not sure some of those things apply to me.

 

[bluecoconuts]

It's hard to say if those really are correct. I'm a millenial (barely), but I'm not sure some of those things apply to me.

Its more about the group as a whole than individual members. I'm also part of the millennial generation, but I'm certainly not focused on kids, I'm very focused and don't need direction from work, nor do I have a "me first attitude", in fact I usually make sure everyone else is taken care of before me.... And I really am not eager to spend money, in fact I hate to spend money.

Just a few things, I could go up and down the list and find some in different generations I identify with, and plenty in mine I don't.

More about the group as a whole though, at least that's my interpretation.

 

[CodeMonkey]

MThis thing is like his zodiac in that one can idendify with traits from every group. Maybe it's just me.. There is some merit to this and I see what it is trying to get at but it is an extremely crude crude measure. It does relate though to the whole discussion about the big Lebowski thread in terms of generations. I was born kind of between boomers and Xers (1966). I identify with a lot of traits on both of those lists. But if you had to ask me which of those lists I identified most with it would be traditionalists. Walter Sonchak, if you will. I'm just going to crossover threads here and vote a being where I most identify.

 

[brokeu91]

I was born in 1978, so I'm a gen X, though right on the border of millennial. I have to say I share traits of both generations