A colleague once told me about a time she was hired, and her manager told her “Here’s what you need to know in order to work with me.” And then she listed about ten likes and dislikes, habits, and annoyances. Her message was: “In order to be my employee, you need to fit into the mold that I’ve carefully constructed for myself.”
Something tells me that’s not going to work with the millennials, the up-and-coming generation that only knows Paula Abdul from American Idol and who live and breathe the Internet like electronic oxygen. It’s funny how many media inquiries I’ve been receiving about reporters wanting to get a handle on the latest ways to deal with the millennials, especially in the context of the baby boomers who never left the workplace. I get questions such as:
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