Multiple Jeopardy on the Job

There's a gender gap in most organizations. And there's a generation gap.

An article in today's Wall Street Journal indicates that there's also a pronounced gender-generation gap.

Male managers, as they have for centuries, tend to interact with younger male subordinates in familiar patterns -- some paternal, others more jocular. It's a far newer and less certain game for female leaders trying to navigate generational relationships.

While the stock photo accompanying is cartoonily insulting to many female leaders, it's an interesting question: Do women in business handle the generation gap differently than men? What have you seen where you work?