Debra Arbit & David Stillman
Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers
After years of working together and constantly butting heads, David and Lynn Lancaster had an insight that sparked a new business venture: Their challenge wasn’t styles or personalities, it was context. And they weren’t alone. For [...]

Debra Arbit & David Stillman, Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers

Millennials are predisposed to “let go,” having grown up in a world without experts and relying on collective wisdom to get things done.

Debra Arbit & David Stillman, Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers

Pushed up against the “grey ceiling,” Gen X’ers are demanding more dynamic career paths.

Debra Arbit & David Stillman
Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers
After years of working together and constantly butting heads, David and Lynn Lancaster had an insight that sparked a new business venture: Their challenge wasn’t styles or personalities, it was context. And they weren’t alone. For [...]

Debra Arbit & David Stillman, Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers

When you do delegate, it’s important to remember whom you’re delegating to.

Debra Arbit & David Stillman
Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers
After years of working together and constantly butting heads, David and Lynn Lancaster had an insight that sparked a new business venture: Their challenge wasn’t styles or personalities, it was context. And they weren’t alone. For [...]

Debra Arbit & David Stillman
Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers
After years of working together and constantly butting heads, David and Lynn Lancaster had an insight that sparked a new business venture: Their challenge wasn’t styles or personalities, it was context. And they weren’t alone. For [...]

Debra Arbit & David Stillman, Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers

Without applying the generational lens, expectations and intentions may collide and lead to misunderstanding.

Debra Arbit & David Stillman, Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers

There are four generations in today’s workforce. A one-size fits all approach to engagement will not work across all.

Like it or not, we are in the midst of an emerging leadership landscape. Never before has there been a time when so many different generations were brought together in a working environment. The lines of authority are blurring, Baby Boomers are working right alongside Millennials, and the way in which companies have traditionally organized [...]

In tilting my ear toward a discussion of generational differences in the work place, I’ve been surprised that it doesn’t take long before the temperature starts to rise. Words like entitled, demanding and pampered start to slowly creep in, countered by inflexible or hierarchical.

At first glance, it seems like a pretty basic question. But there’s a multi-billion-dollar industry behind it. Just search the word “leadership” on Amazon.com—you’ll get a list of 69,000+ books to choose from. The amount of literature and different (often conflicting) points of view out there is staggering.