Intergenerational Month: Celebrating Uniqueness

When were you born and how does that shape who you are today?

For the first time in history, there are five generations working together in the workplace. Each generation grew up in a different time that shaped their various experiences, expectations, behaviors and characteristics due to differences in demographics, attitudes, historical events, popular culture and more.

An exciting outcome of these differences is that we each have much to bring to the table which complements the skills and experiences of our colleagues.

Humana is committed to promoting a healthy work environment that ensures each associate feels comfortable and confident to be their whole self at work and to thrive in a psychologically empowering environment.

Intergenerational Month is a global movement celebrating the many benefits of relationships that reach beyond generations. We asked leadership members of GenUs, Humana’s multi-generational Network Resource Group (NRG), to share the impact GenUs has on the culture of respect and collaboration at Humana.

Meet Sharon Tavera, Consumer Experience Lead, GenUs NRG Co-President and self-proclaimed Gen-Xer. Sharon is inspired that GenUs allows space for all its members to come together and celebrate the uniqueness each person brings to work every day.

“I feel it is truly important to start having conversations around the generations. So often we hear people requesting information about how to work with this generation or that generation and what GenUs does so well is to allow space for all its members to come together and leverage our similar connections as well as celebrate all the uniqueness we each bring every day.

I strongly believe that nobody should ever be put in a ‘generational box’ that defines who they are based on the year they were born. Rather, let’s look at what exposure and experiences have potentially shaped an individual to create this individual.”

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