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Construction Generations We Deal With
Each generation differs in attitude. The influences are many. Economic times, heros, world events, family composition and the like.
We see distinctly different demographic groups that most contractors deal with. These people can be a client, employee, subcontractor, supplier or peer.
They approach their responsibilities with a different attitude. The secret to working with people better is to understand what that approach is and then couch your communication in respect to that attitude. If you don't, you can ruin a relationship before it even starts.
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Posted by Matt Stevens at October 14, 2005 2:34 AM
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Fabulous article!!
This one really hit the "nail on the head" and allows us to position our attitude and reactions to the different generations of workers appropriately.
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Posted by: James Sullivan at November 1, 2005 8:50 PM