Jeff VanKooten

Biography

Jeff VanKooten is a senior consultant with The Center for Generational Studies. He teaches 10 – 12th grades at Denver Christian High School and specializes in exploring and communicating issues of cultural change and generational understanding. Jeff's experiences as a business professional, youth worker, pastor, and high school teacher as well as his Masters in Theology, his B.A. in Communication and his B.A. in Psychology give him the perfect mix to understand people of all ages and backgrounds and challenge them to more harmonious expressions of relationships. Because he's had 15 years of experience on the platform and because he's just downright funny, Jeff will cause you both to laugh and to learn.

Titles

Hey Dude! Managing Age Diversity in Today`s Workplace
This popular keynote started as a simple briefing on the four generations. It has evolved into a session that provides practical solutions to the most common challenges that organizations face in managing a cross generational workforce.

Training Millennial Mind
Whether you are a trainer, an instructor, or a manager, your ability to deliver content that "sticks" will save you time, money and heartburn. This session provides strategies for adapting your materials, assessing learning, and fostering skills in those you have little patience for talking heads and PowerPoint slides.

Understanding the Millennial Mind
How do you manage the most diverse, wired, impatient and fun-loving generation in US History? This session will help you understand the motivations of those in their teens and twenties and what you can do to connect with them and foster top performance.

Leadership and the Emerging Generations
The face of leadership will change drastically this decade. This keynote will show you who to align with the values and expectations of the young talent who will assume responsibility for strategy and direction going forward. You`ll gain insight and strategies for recruiting, developing and mentoring the future leaders of your organization.

Succession Planning and the New Generations
Is a unique program focused on how your organization can ensure tomorrow`s success by integrating the aspirations of young professionals with the wisdom of veteran managers. Based on extensive research, this program reveals the values and expectations of those who will assume responsibility in your organization.

Competing for Good People in a Challenging Economy
Ads are out. Social networking is in. Whether you`re in a large organization or small, your effectiveness at on-boarding the right people will determine your success as the economy improves. This program provides you with the secrets to recruiting, hiring and retaining the best talent in the next decade.

Business to Business Selling and the Emerging Generations
The sales climate is being transformed by a generation of consumers who have learned to shop and spend from an early age. Your continued sales success will depend on tailoring your products and programs to the mindset of these demanding and impatient young buyers. Walk away with a passel of proven strategies for connecting with this new generation of buyers and the way they`ll do business.

Customer Service and the Emerging Consumer
At 81 million strong, Millennials will have a greater impact on the market place than the Baby Boomers did. This program defines the values, beliefs and demands that the Millennial cohort of customers bring to today`s marketplace. It provides examples of how successful firms are meeting these demands and concludes with a recipe for meeting these expectations.