Chasing Relevance

Understand, engage and grow the next generation of leaders in the workplace

An independent publication

On leadership across generations

Four, and in some offices five, generations now share the same meetings, chat threads and coffee machines. Baby boomers who built their careers on loyalty sit next to Gen X managers who learned to do more with less, millennials who now run many of the teams, and Gen Z newcomers who have never known work without a phone in their pocket. Most of the friction between them is not about talent. It is about assumptions.

We write about closing that gap. Chasing Relevance is an independent site for managers, coaches and anyone who presents, sells or leads. Our articles turn big ideas into small habits you can try on Monday morning:

coaching conversations and one-on-ones that younger employees actually value;
feedback as a daily, two-way habit rather than an annual verdict;
talks and presentations that land with a room of four generations;
practical paper tools for strengths, values, questions and your own story;
and, in Risk & Reward, what poker, casinos, sports betting and office pools reveal about decisions, engagement and team culture.

The name comes from the book and website that once lived at this address. We kept it because the question still matters: relevance is not something you chase once, it is something you rebuild every year.

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Ideas worth
repeating

The principles we keep coming back to when generations clash at work

Younger employees are not a problem to be solved. They are an opportunity that needs to be embraced.
On managing millennials and Gen Z

Assumptions about differences breed resentment. Understanding differences breeds respect.
On cross-generational teams

Ask five to ten questions before you say anything about yourself. The room will tell you what it needs.
On the power of the question

Your audience, your employees and your customers, should be the heroes of your story. Not you.
On delivering your story

Before you fix the relationship, clean up your side of the street.
On feedback and conflict

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About this site

Independent, practical, written for every generation at work

Chasing Relevance is an independent publication. We are not a coaching firm, a speakers' bureau or a publisher, and we are not affiliated with the authors of the 2016 book that once had its website at this address. We read, test and write: about coaching, speaking, workplace tools and, now and then, about risk and reward away from the office. Every article is written by our editors for people who lead others, or want to.

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