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There is always a changing of the guard in the workplace. Older workers leave the younger ones take over.

When the older ones leave they take knowledge with them. The younger ones don’t care because they think the older ones had been doing it all wrong. This is not unique to any one generation. As a during every changing of the guard.

However, there is a generational transition occurring that cannot be ignored. Older workers are staying on longer, often in roles where they are no longer leading reporting to those younger than them.

The messages passed on that they have nothing to offer the person who’s leading. Nothing could be further from the truth however they were never taught how to pass on those experiences in ways that could be heard.

Every generation believes that circumstances are unique. Few are, at least in the workplace.

We all know that stories are ways of passing on information effectively and interviews. Situation or task, action, result is a common framework for sharing information with an interviewer. Another one is situation, objective, action, result.