title: Leadership challenges of a multigenerational workforce.
abstract: *Throughout history, the ability of a society to survive has been predicated on that society's willingness to adapt to cultural changes between generations and its effectiveness in passing knowledge and experience from one generation to another. *For current and future leaders in healthcare, an understanding of this principle is critical with the advent of a 4 generation workforce and the pending retirement of over 40% of the current workforce over the next decade. *Knowledge of the characteristics of each generation and the variation between generations is only a beginning. The challenges are to lead--to navigate the conflicts between the values and priorities of the different composites of the workforce--and to orchestrate the transfer of knowledge and expertise from one generation of workers to another.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Scott and White Health Systems, Temple, TX, USA. WSTOCKBURGER@swmail.org
authors.forename: Wayne T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Stockburger
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007857:Leadership; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D014481:United States