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Try reverse mentoring
Mentoring is a form of internal training in which a more experienced, senior employee mentors a younger or less experienced colleague over a long period of time. But there is also reverse mentoring, whereby the younger colleague acts as a mentor to their older colleague. Reverse mentoring is suitable for a situation in which a new, younger member joining the team has experience in another field or team that they can pass on to their colleagues. Allow the knowledge and knowhow in your team to be transferred in all directions, not just from senior to junior.
Build multi-generational project teams
Your goal should be to enable workers of all generations and demographics to contribute their unique strengths to the benefit of the entire team. In order to get the different generations on your team to communicate and collaborate with one another, it is a good idea to assign pairs or groups of workers consisting of people of varying ages to different sub-projects or time-limited tasks.
Encourage flexibility in work roles
Older and younger workers often have different priorities, expectations and requirements when it comes to flexibility, organisation or job content. In order to accommodate everyone as much as possible, you should not rely on strict definitions of job functions. On the contrary: you should encourage some flexibility and, as far as possible, allow all employees to work in a way that suits them.
Encourage socialising across generations
Last but not least, you need to foster team spirit among subordinates. Make sure you do not underestimate socialising. Remember to organise team-building events (small or large). And plan them in such a way that everyone - younger and older - really enjoys them.
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