Dillon Knight Kalkhurst

We are living longer and retiring later, which means up to five generations of employees, volunteers, and family members have to learn how to communicate effectively and work together. Many Gen X and Baby Boomers (those 53 and older) struggle to understand Millennials and Gen Z. With Millennials and Gen Z representing the majority of the population, over 150 million strong and growing every day, older generations are forced to communicate and engage with their younger cohorts every day. Millennials are the largest generation in the workforce. As a Boomer, the majority of your daily business and family life requires communicating and engaging younger generations. We are talking about financial planners, doctors, bartenders, servers, cashiers, car salespeople, your kids, grandkids, and even their teachers. Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers ask WHY? Why are they always on their phones? Why can't they just call me? Why can't I get a human on the phone? Why do they talk so fast? Why do they think they are so entitled? Why are they so lazy? Why don't they want to join our church or service club? Why are they so DIFFICULT? WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING? looks at each of the five generations active in today's economy and starts with an exercise in "self-awareness." Before you can understand What the Hell They Are Thinking, you have to understand why you think the way you do. Once you become aware of your own generational preferences and values, you can then seek to understand your international cohorts. You can train yourself to ask, are they DIFFICULT, or are they just DIFFERENT? The book takes a deep dive into each generation and then discusses how younger generations are disrupting and changing everything, specifically Media & Entertainment, Parenting, Education, Food & Beverage, Real Estate, Transportation, Pet Care, Volunteering and Philanthropy. In a multigenerational society, everyone needs to embrace each generation's strengths and explore how we can help grow each other's weaknesses. This book is a must for every age. About the Author: Dillon Kalkhurst is an authority on the five different generations active in today's families, communities, schools, and the economy. Dillon is a Gen X-Boomer "Cusper" with more than 25 years experience helping Fortune 500 companies, school districts, and national nonprofit organizations maximize the strengths of their "age diverse" members, volunteers, employees, and customers.

EVERYONE has challenges relating to different generations at work, school, home, or in their communities. GENERATION EVERYONE Helps you become self-aware, dispel generational stereotypes, and teach you how to use each generations' unique strengths to: -Enhance Internal and External Communications -Increase Employee, Customer, Family, and Volunteer Engagement -Relate to Your Gen Z Students or Your Youngest Employees -Bring Generational Harmony to the workplace, School, Community, and the Family Today, humans are living longer than ever before. This has created a scenario in our society in which five different generations are active in the economy, the workplace, the household, and the education system. Each generation has values, expectations, and tendencies that are generally unique to them and their peers. A one-size-fits-all model will not work in regard to engagement methodology. Learning to bridge the generational gaps and relate with people on their level will be invaluable in your quest to excel in life. In this book, Dillon condenses decades of knowledge and experience, distilling it into easily understandable information that will help you better understand yourself, your children, parents, co-workers, bosses, customers, teachers, and even complete strangers.