Generation X employees and managers grew up in a different world from the rest of us -- not better or worse, just different.
This Generation X (employees ranging from their early 20s to late 30s or even early 40s) was the first generation raised to come home from school to an empty household. They independently unlocked the door, prepared their own snacks, started on their chores or homework. Close to 40 percent of all Generation Xers were touched by divorce and almost as many were uprooted or disrupted due to a family member being laid off of a job...
By: Michale Muetzel, Vistage Speaker, President of MX Marketing Management Solutions