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 in 1 hour

This is the 201 level class

Todays Goals

Go over 5 areas of emphasis with managing a millennial

Leave with takeaways that you can give to your staff

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: 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 become a CEO, you had to master these 5 areas a while ago

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