Guest Speaker - Tom Jones

Our speaker this week was introduced by Gene who commented that he never thought he would be in the same room with both Glen Miller and Tom Jones!  Our speaker wanted us to know that he is the Real Tom Jones.  He spoke on dynamic leadership where the best leaders make leaders out of everyone on the team.  You cannot inspire someone you can't communicate with and he explained the generational differences we must all deal with.  The Baby Boomers know everything and talk too much.  Then there are also the Mature Generation, Generation X and Generation Y.  Often in your work force you will find all 4 generations and something won't always work for everyone.  You need to treat people the way they want to be treated.  You always need to be aware of generational differences - what motivates them, do they like rules and so on.  He touched on the fact that Toastmasters and Rotary both need to do more to make younger generations feel welcome.