Team Building in a Multigenerational Workforce

Abstract

Nurse leaders are charged with building effective teams to provide safe, compassionate, quality care to their patients and families. How we communicate with these teams is an important element of team building. Examining generational differences to foster effective communication and team building has gained increased attention, with many studies and articles published on this topic. This article is intended to provide insight into team building without taking generational differences into consideration, based on one leader’s extensive experience leading teams in a variety of settings.