Managing Millennials
Its worth your timeManaging MillennialsDan Weir, Frost Valley YMCALindsay Hutchinson, Frost Valley YMCA
Ground Rules
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All generalizations are false, including this one. -Mark Twain
We are not going to change your management style this afternoon
This is the 201 level class
Todays Goals
Go over 5 areas of emphasis with managing a millennial
Leave with takeaways
Answer your questions
What goals do you have today?
What is a millennial?
Generations
Negative effect of Helicopter Parents
From the American College Health Association
Surveyed 100,000 college students from 153 different campuses about their health in 2013
84.3% felt overwhelmed by all they had to do
51.3%felt overwhelming anxiety
Wants to take on the world, doesnt know where to start first
Grown up with technology
Technology moving too fast to study
Access to everything
As consumers they want
5 areas of focus
#1Sense of Purpose
WHY: No difference between a calling & a career
WHY: They want to do good
HOW: This is our advantage
HOW: Our 3 deliverables set the stage
HOW: Are you encouraging cause driven leadership?
WHAT: Profit companies are working in more philanthropy
WHAT: Its being noticed
Find another statistics
WHAT: Its being reported on
#2Relationships
WHY: They want to be part of a team
WHY: Authenticity matters more than professionalism
WHY: equality = fairness
HOW: explain to their parents that you need a working relationship with the employee
HOW: set up a mentor. It doesnt have to be you.
HOW: build a community by creating teams outside the departments
WHAT: Roommates meet before getting to school
WHAT: Staff Appreciation & Company Gatherings
WHAT: Millennials at work: reshaping the workplace from PricewaterhouseCoopers
#3Professional Development
WHY: Choose a job based how much they are invested in, not salary
WHY: Investing in them = believing in them
WHY: Know what they want to do, but dont know how to do it
HOW: Send them to networking opportunities & trainings
HOW: Invite them along with you
HOW: Create it for your seasonal staff
HOW: teach them project management
WHAT: If they become too good, wont they leave?
#4Flexibility
WHY: Access to information, people, anything is so easy
WHY: When they are motivated, they want to do it now
WHY: work-life balance is very important
HOW: Use technology
HOW: teach boundaries on how to use technology
HOW: be flexible but also pragmatic about time
HOW: give access to you when you are available
WHAT: Flexibility in schedule is now a competitive edge
Business Insider The most flexible companies to work for in AmericaWSJ How to Find Companies With Flexible Work ArrangementsUS News & World Reports Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance
WHAT: Millennials at work: reshaping the workplace from PricewaterhouseCoopers
#5Leadership
WHY: They need to know you believe in them
WHY: They dont know how to take criticism
WHY: Want to be part of a movement
HOW: debriefing
HOW: teach them how to take criticism. Open up about your career path.
HOW: use following their calling to your Ys benefit
HOW: teach them how to say no
WHAT: 21st century skills movement
WHAT: resiliency is being sought after
The secret about these 5 areas is
You knew most of this already
To get where you are, you had to master these 5 areas
The millennials want to be in your position
Be intentional about using you expertise to your advantage
This is a community wide effort a culture
The slideshow & handout at danlovescamp.com by 9am tomorrow
Its worth your timeManaging MillennialsDan Weir, Frost Valley YMCALindsay Hutchinson, Frost Valley YMCA