The Kids Are Alright
Managing Millennials In The Workplace
@ronbronson
#hewebMI 2015
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HI I’M RON BRONSON.
13+ years managing digital properties for institutions &
government.
Digital product strategy & implementation, governance & cross-
functional expert.
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SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MILLENIALS?
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How talks about
millennials usually go.
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Gallup poll in 2013
reported that 74% of
U.S. workers reported
being “not engaged” or
“actively disengaged”
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By 2020, 46% of the
working population
will be millennials
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64% of them say it’s a priority for them to
make the world a better place.
72% would like to be their own boss.
79% of them would want that boss to serve
more as a coach or mentor.
88% prefer a collaborative work-culture rather
than a competitive one.
74% want flexible work schedules.
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They prefer in-person team
work: 60% of millennials
would prefer to collaborate in
person vs. online (34%
percent) phone or
videoconference (6% percent).
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I LIVE IN THE REAL
WORLD AND NONE
OF THIS FANCIFUL
STUFF IS GOING TO
HAPPEN IN OUR
ORGANIZATION.
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But what can YOU do
is a leader/manager/
supervisor/director/
bossperson?
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What’s your role as an
aspiring leader/
manager/millennial?
Everyone has a job to
play!
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Simplify the process
where possible
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Be a responsive
leader - advocate!
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Identify talent early
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Communicate early &
often
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Don’t take a desire to
move up as a threat.
Empower them to
thrive.
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Some modern
leadership examples
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“transformation is
always more
uncertain than
incremental
progress.”
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Leadership as a
service. People
buy in or don’t.
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Takeaways
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1. Leadership isn’t a spectator sport.
2. Mentorship is the new management.
3. Communicate your expectations.
4. Define what “paying dues” really
means to you, if you ascribe to that
ideology.
5. Promote when possible.