Without Knowing Gary Erickson

1. Without knowing Gary Erickson’s age, where would you guess he falls in the four generations of workers as delineated by Zemke?
Without knowing Gary Erickson’s age, he falls in the category of the Baby Boomers according to Zemke. Gary’s characteristics are very similar to the Baby Boomers because Gary is a person that has loyalty to the organization, and moral values are first than anything. Like the Leadership book mentioned, Baby Boomers have passion, spirit and heart for the organization. Gary cares about its employees by providing them services to make work a fun and relax place. Gary also protects the integrity of the company by engaging the vision and moral values of the company.
2. Consider the key work values in Table 5.1. Recalling that leaders are motivated to act consistently with their values, what values appear to be most important to Gary Erickson?
Since the begging of the company, Gary has been stuck to his vision and values of his company. Instrumental values are; being courageous, being helpful, being honest, being imaginative, being logical, and being responsible. Gary Erickson is a courageous person because he stands up for the moral values of the company and his beliefs. Erickson is helpful with his employees by providing them a better place to work, and by working for the welfare of others. Erickson is honest by maintain the company values first over everything. Erickson is an imaginative person; for example, he created 2,080 program to support employees who volunteer. Erickson is logical and responsible when he puts the company first than his personal interests, and when he ensures the company’s goals are achieve in a morally acceptable