What will change as the 20-somethings move from entry level positions into positions of leadership and greater responsibility? Here’s what I think:

Millennials:

Are you stuck in a bad situation?  Wish you were working somewhere else?  Wondering if what you’re doing every day really matters?  You’re not stuck there forever; you must make the best of your time.  Be transparent.  Be authentic with yourself and others.  Your ideas will sound strange in their ears.  You may be ignored, even marginalized for your perspective.

But it is your perspective, it’s valid, and it has value.  Don’t give up.

Get ahead in your personal and professional development.  Talk to me about how you can get coaching at affordable rates with powerful results.  Email me at trey@thequestionmatters.com

Managers of Millennials:

Next generation leaders crave new challenges and expect you to:

• Leverage their strengths
• Treat them as peers
• Involve them in decision-making
• Build the character they need to manage people

Thinking that’s too much to ask?  Saying to yourself that it’s naive to expect managers to use those tactics since, after all, “time is money”?  Ask yourself this question:

Which cost is higher: the cost of replacing an employee or the cost of the time investment needed to help a Millennial thrive?

Get the coaching you need to help you and your Millennial co-worker thrive.  Contact me at trey@thequestionmatters.com.

Keep learning how to engage the Millennial workforce:

Recommended Reading:

• Managing the Millennials
• Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation
• Keeping the Millennials
• Ties to Tattoos

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