5 Generations excerpt – Work Ethic & TIme Management

If a Gen Y is to remain creative, motivated, and achievement oriented, the culture in the organization must feed this. Work for them must be meaningful. How can you do this? The crave feedback on their performance as well as on how their work contributes to the organizational success. I hear your groans…“why must I have to do this?” They were raised (and continue to be raised in many circumstances) by the helicopter parents (who may be folks just like you). They have been conditioned this way. Yes, I know you are not their mother or father. I am not asking you to take on a parental role. I am asking you to be a leader of your talent in your organization. You can either fight it and lose their talent and contribution or find the areas where you can feed into their need for the overall success of the organization. The choice again is the results of DIFFERENT; therefore WRONG or NOT WRONG; just DIFFERENT.

Technology must be in place to manage time. They also want the ability to BLEND work with the rest of their lives. This is the crux of the problem for the Boomers and Traditionalists. This is a foreign language to them – blending work with life. Clear quotas, goals, and mentoring (not micro-management) will create a place for our Gen Y’s to thrive. Don’t know what that means Boomers and older? Invest in your own skills to develop your successors in business.