768: How to Embrace Generational Differences and Resolve Conflict with Chris De Santis
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
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🗓️ 16 May 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Chris De Santis shares helpful insights about each generation and how to work more effectively across ages.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to turn generational friction into an opportunity
2) How to give feedback that works for every generation
3) How to motivate people from every generation
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— ABOUT CHRIS —
Chris De Santis is a speaker, author, consultant, and most recently podcaster specializing in Management and Organizational Development issues and interventions. He specializes in assisting individuals or groups in identifying and overcoming obstacles to effectiveness. He brings with him thirty-eight years of experience in training and development. He has an undergraduate degree in business from the University of Notre Dame, a graduate degree in Organizational Development from Loyola University in Chicago, an MBA from the University of Denver, and previous work experience in manufacturing, professional services, and not-for-profit environments.
His book, Why I Find you Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work, will be available in May 2022 but until then you can listen to his advice podcast, “Cubicle Confidential” along with his co-host, Mary Abbajay. He resides in a quiet corner of Lincoln Park in Chicago.
• Book: Why I Find You Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work
• Website: CPDeSantis.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind by Geert Hofstede
• Book: Delta Of Venus by Anais Nin
• Book: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | The show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required |
| 0:08.6 | to flourish at work. |
| 0:10.1 | Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete LeCaites. |
| 0:16.6 | Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 768 with Chris DeSantis. |
| 0:24.8 | Chris has some great perspective on how to navigate generational differences |
| 0:29.8 | resolving conflict effectively, see learn one, how to turn generational friction into |
| 0:34.4 | an opportunity. |
| 0:35.4 | Two, how to get feedback that works for every generation, and three, how to motivate |
| 0:39.4 | people from each generation. |
| 0:41.1 | So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to Allen |
| 0:43.6 | D. Reffens, please pace a visit at awesometyourjob.com slash EP768 and check out some of our goodies |
| 0:50.2 | at awesometyourjob. |
| 0:51.2 | Now here's Chris DeSantis, Chris DeSantis is a speaker, author, consultant, and podcaster |
| 0:56.4 | specializing in management, organizational development issues, and interventions. |
| 1:01.1 | Recently he's been focused in on generational effort and his latest book is called Why I Find |
| 1:05.8 | You Irritating Navigating Generational Friction at Work. |
| 1:09.8 | Big thanks to Chris for sharing his wisdom with us, big thanks to our sponsors. |
| 1:13.3 | Check him out. |
| 1:14.4 | One sponsor to check out is Stanford Continuing Studies. |
| 1:17.2 | There, you can immerse yourself in a diverse selection of courses available both online |
| 1:21.6 | and in person. |
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