Each generation is formed during different circumstances and, understandably, goes on to have different leadership styles and reputations.
As a reminder, these are the U.S. generational birth years.
Boomers, 1943-1960
GenXers, 1961-1981
Millennials, 1982-2004
The Other Ones, 2005-approx 2027
Boomers’ leadership & reputation
- Leadership style: moralistic (in midlife)
- Then visionary and wise (in elderhood)
- Lifelong twin reputations: cultural wisdom and civic weakness
- Positive reputation: principled, resolute and creative
- Negative reputation: narcissistic, presumptuous and ruthless
Xers’ leadership style & reputation
- Pragmatic (in midlife)
- Then solitary and pragmatic (in elderhood)
- Lifelong twin reputations: steely resourcefulness and hardened realism
- Positive reputation: savvy, practical and perceptive
- Negative reputation: unfeeling, uncultured and amoral
Millennials’ leadership style & reputation
- Powerful (in midlife)
- Then busy and confident (in elderhood)
- Lifelong twin reputations:civic competence and cultural blandness
- Positive reputation: selfless, rational and competent
- Negative reputation: unreflective, mechanistic and overbold
The Other Ones’ leadership style & reputation
- Indecisive (in midlife)
- Then pluralistic and indecisive (in elderhood)
- Lifelong twin reputations: other-directedness and indecisiveness
- Positive reputation: caring, open-minded and expert
- Negative reputation: sentimental, complicating and indecisive
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