One of the organizational development issues I have witnessed as different public and private sector groups address growth…is Age-Blending.  In so many organizations there seems to be a high incidence of older employees now blending together with very young workers.  Now don’t misunderstand…I am not indicating that there is a problem issue…I just think that leadership needs to formulate a proactive Age-Blending process to maximize the workplace contributions of both the young and old!  Think about this TOP 10 customized list of Age-Blending strategic planning moments:

1. A Products/Services then and now awareness session.
2. A discussion of organization customers and evolution of needs.
3. Contributions on work ethic priorities and todays social media impacts.
4. A review and analysis of the organizations current work culture.
5. Organizational attitudes regarding change and innovation.
6. Everyone’s thoughts about open communication and “chains-of-command”.
7. Definitions and expectations of product and service quality.
8. Discussing the teamwork structure within the organization.
9. Understanding the “hands-on/hands-off” leadership style of the organization.
10. TOGETHER…what the future of the organization looks like.

I believe dedicating one or two hours of strategic planning discussion on each of these topics would be an excellent Age-Blending organizational development action.