With the retirement age creeping up to 67 years old and most businesses hiring recent college graduates, the work place is a dynamic, ever changing environment and now spans three to four generations. These generations, however, have different work styles and attitudes toward their employers as well as among each other.

And these variables are only the beginning.

Now, more than ever, employers need to assess how to draw different groups of people to better understand each other while working together. Employers need to create their own corporate culture that includes initiative, integrity and accountability.

Employees need to be able to take reasonable risks for their company and know that if they do, they will be supported. This level of personal management takes trust in oneself and others, and the ability to communicate with your peers.

For many companies this requires a cultural shift—specific changes in corporate culture—and these adaptations need to be planned, mindful and continuous. It is difficult to think about change when you are working in your office or cubical. Cairn Leadership School has been designed to jump-start that change.