Chris De Santis - Why I Find You Irritating

https://cpdesantis.com/ Chris De Santis, an independent organizational behavior practitioner, speaker, podcaster, and author, with over thirty-five years of experience working with clients in professional services firms both domestically and internationally. Over the past fifteen years, he has been invited to speak on generational issues in the workplace at hundreds of the leading U.S. law and accounting firms, as well as many of the major insurance and pharma companies. His new book is Why I Find You Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work (Amplify Publishing, May 3, 2022). Learn more at cpdesantis.com. GUEST WEBSITE: cpdesantis.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpdesantis Please see segment idea below, including key messages, bio and sample questions. I have attached a head shot of the author and jpeg image of the book cover. Let me know you got this and are all set. Segment Idea How to Leverage the Power of Generational Diversity to Create Better Teams, Organizations, and Workplace Relationships Generational differences have most certainly existed in the past and in many cultures, but as we live longer and the cycles of technology and its cultural and media impact continue to accelerate, we find ourselves working in environments in which more and more markedly different generational cohorts need to collaborate and empathize with each other. The Big Idea: Orwell wryly noted, “Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than one that comes after it.” Differences of any kind—whether they be race, religion, gender identity, point of view, or values—can make us or, if we let them, just as easily break us. The So What: In recent studies at the University of California to find the source of what the researchers called the “kids these days” phenomenon, researchers asked adults about such things as authoritarian tendencies, intelligence, and enthusiasm for reading. To no one’s surprise, they found that younger generations were judged by the older ones to be deficient on the traits in which they [the older] happen to [believe they] excel. Specifically, they believed members of the succeeding generation lacked respect for authority, didn’t read, and were getting dumber. However, this perception is not an accurate reflection of who they are, and compounding this problem, nowadays many long-standing work processes such as feedback, teaming, and evaluation are no longer compatible with the evolving generational outlook. At the same time, firms are squandering the potential value they could get out of leveraging generational diversity Key Messages: Regardless of our generational identities, we all benefit from understanding where others come from and what they need to get their jobs done well. With wit and keen insight, organizational behavior expert Chris DeSantis delivers thoughtful, direct, and actionable guidance we need to better navigate generational friction that can drive misunderstandings both in life and in the workplace. DeSantis can discuss: What distinguishes stages of life from generational differences The impact the hybrid workplace has on different generations How our generational moment, place of birth, and life circumstances shape how we interpret new information and experiences What makes stereotyping inevitable and pervasive and how we can mitigate it How the transition from Company “Man” to the new transactional labor market impacts lifestyle and the economy Employee engagement and the future of work