• What work trait differences are similar in chart 1 and chart 2? Provide a comment for each of the 4 generations from each chart.
• Which work trait differences vary from those identified in chart 1 and chart 2? Provide a comment for each of the 4 generations from each chart.
• Comment on how the differences might impact both organizational culture and succession planning.

	Baby Boomers	Gen X	Millennials	Gen z
Focus	Were encouraged to become experts in their fields.	Were encouraged to seek a work life balance.	Were encouraged to focus on holistic aspects of medicine.	Want quick career growth while still wanting to maintain a work life balance
Technological skills	Are more apt to face to face communications and have been slower to adapt to technology.	Because they witnessed to rise of technology they have been open to electronic health records.	Have adopted new technologies openly and have been part of moving toward digital health.	Digital natives who are seeking the newest technology to make paperwork more automated so they can focus more on patients.
Teamwork with coworkers or patients	More comfortable with rigid top down structures and following organizational structures.	They value collaboration with doctors and patients which leads to a more interdisciplinary approach	More likely to emphasis making decisions with their patients rather than for their patients.	Would rather work on their own and are defined by their competitiveness.
Stereotypes	Often seen as workaholics and believe that younger employees must pay their dues in order to move up.	Less engaged with work than younger workers and are resistant to change.	Entitled and lazy and are tough to work with. Lack of loyalty to employers.	Are hard to work with and only care about themselves and their own gain.

WORK TRAIT	Baby Boomers	Generation X	Generation Y/Millenials	Generation Z/Boomlets
communication	prefer face to face phone calls	comfortable with emails and calls	prefer digital communication, including texting and social media	highly dependent on digital communication, including texting and messaging apps
work ethic	value loyalty and long hours	emphasize work-life balance and independence	seek meaningful work and flexibility	desire flexible work arrangements and value job hopping
leadership style	hierarchical and authoritative	hands-on and collaborative	prefer a more inclusive and participative approach	embrace diverse leadership styles and expect inclusivity
feedback	prefer formal, scheduled feedback	open to feedback but value autonomy	appreciate continuous feedback and recognition	expect immediate feedback and prefer public recognition
technology	adapted to technology but not native users	early adopters of technology	tech-savvy and embrace innovation	digital natives, comfortable with emerging tech

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