IELS #4: The Challenges of Communicating Across Generations and Issues Around Each Generation's Comfort with Technology

When	Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Location	Classroom 207
For	Faculty; Staff; Students; Alumni

Is it acceptable to text a client? Do you use your Smart Phone more than your computer? Do you think that emailing or telephoning is old-fashioned? How can you work effectively with a senior attorney who just does not understand or appreciate how your generation thinks or works? This presentation will help students understand how to evaluate the impact of generational differences in the workplace and how to factor this knowledge into the choices that they make in their legal employers and careers. Four generations are now working side-by-side in the workplace. Each generation has distinct attitudes, behaviors, expectations, values, goals, strengths and styles. Those generational differences represent different cultures and models for what the expectations in the workplace look like. Learn how to navigate your career path beginning with the recruitment process and continuing to the point of actually working within the legal profession. If you want to steer your own legal career successfully, you will need to figure out where you want to go, how to work effectively with those who can help you get there, how to give and take, and how to just "cool it" sometimes. Time will be reserved for Q&A.

Lunch will be sponsored by Butler Snow, LLP.

More Information

Contact	SuSaNi Harris susani.harris@colorado.edu
Moderated By	SuSaNi Harris Senior Director for Diversity and Inclusiveness
Speakers	Kathy Holmes - President of Holmes Consulting Group