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Ep 6 - Leading Through Transition - How Each Generation Responds to Change


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Leading Through Transition: How Each Generation Responds to Change | Jennifer Fondrevay

Every leader loves to call their team “resilient” right up until change shows up and people start acting like humans.

In this episode of The Generational Edge with Kristina Green, she talks with Jennifer Fondrevay, Chief Humanity Officer and M&A whisperer, about what actually happens when transition hits the workplace: anxiety spikes, stress shoots up, trust drops, and leadership starts acting confused about why nobody is smiling through the reorg.

Jennifer brings real insight from the world of mergers, acquisitions, and business upheaval to name what too many leaders ignore: people are not chess pieces, and work change often triggers real grief.


Not fake drama.

Not resistance for sport.

Grief.


This conversation busts one of the laziest myths about generational change: that younger workers are naturally better at transition and older workers are the ones slowing things down.


Nope.


Everybody feels the wreck.

They just process it differently.


What we’re talking about:

  • Uncertainty is what wrecks people

  • Grief at work caused by work

  • Change is human before it is strategic

  • Stop making generational assumptions

  • Language helps people process what they feel

  • Trust gets damaged by how change is handled

  • Leading people through the wreck, not around it

If your leadership approach to change is all logistics and no humanity, this conversation is for you.

The Generational Edge

Hosted by Kristina Green, Chief Generational Translator

Architecting generational trust in the workplace

Connect with Jennifer J. Fondrevay:

Website:https://jenniferjfondrevay.com/

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-fondrevay/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferj.fondrevay/ 

X: https://x.com/jjfondrevay 

Playlist - From Denial to Acceptance: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bmsL1vHw3jSCypDrFicEv 

Additional Resources: https://jenniferjfondrevay.com/resources/ 


Connect with Kristina Green / The Generational Edge:

Website: https://cardigancareers.co/

LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/kristina-m-green

Work with us: https://cardigancareers.co/services/ 


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