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Carrie Spell Hansen

Dr. Carrie Spell-Hansson is Founder and CEO of The Folke Institute, a DEI and organizational effectiveness consulting firm, and a global expert in diversity, equity, inclusion, and leadership development.

Jun 16, 2026

5:23
And then I would love to hear more from you about what you've learned in your work, working with the different generations.
5:30
Well, one of the things that I shared in this session as well is keeping in mind that we were influenced growing up in a certain generation.
5:39
And one of the questions I always ask is when you think about your generation or when you think about growing up, what was the biggest influence on you during that time? Because that also shapes how you interact in the workplace.
5:53
And because each generation has had significant events that help to shape and mold how they think and how they do things, it impacts or affects them differently.
6:03
So, for example, when you think about the the matures or the silence, which, of course, was the first generation that I mentioned, we call the silent generation.
6:11
One of the things that we know is that they They had the Korean War, the Vietnam War.
6:17
Women stayed home generally to raise children.
8:37
So when there is a conflict at work with two members, let's say, of two different generations, how would you suggest that they go about resolving that conflict?

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