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Whether corporate America realizes it or not, the workforce is undergoing one of the biggest transformations since modern corporate culture was put in place in post-World War II America. As a proud, card-carrying member of Generation X--and working within what some would consider a stodgy, bureaucratic large company that is an archetype for corporate America’s long standing practices--I have had a birds-eye view as to the changes taking place.
When I first started working in this environment, formality was standard. As time has progressed, business casual is most definitely in, with “casual” creeping in at many junctures. As a Generation Xer, I have grown up with deference and respect for the “Baby Boomer” generation and have thus adapted to the hierarchical, rule-centric leadership styles that they so embody. We Generation Xers have followed the 8-to-6 rituals and calmly awaited our promotions, but we have seen the changes in corporate America with layoffs and cost-cutting and no longer have the decade-long corporate loyalty that our Baby Boomer predecessors displayed.
As the Baby Boomers begin to exit the workforce and are replaced by “Generation Y”, we Gen …
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