Coaching and mentoring across age groups makes sense. There is surely much each can learn from the other. We typically imagine that the young can help the old understand technology and the old can impart general wisdom.
In their article Lynda Gratton & Andrew Scott comment on how the experienced can teach the youth
* How to control work - what and when to delegate, when to push back and when to accept demands of customers, how to move contraints.
* How to be financially proficient - learning how to build & maintain tangible assets and other financial insights.
And the young can share valuable insights in * How to build diverse networks creating great social capital * How to build a reputation across a more diverse network.
As working lives extend, different age groups will work more closely together. Creating opportunities for cross-age coaching could be a wonderful way to encourage people to understand each other more deeply and, perhaps, more compassionately.
Take a look at the full article in Harvard Business Review, an interesting insight. https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-younger-workers-can-learn-from-older-workers-and-vice-versa
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