tips on managing millenials

Spencer BynesManaging Partner – Accendo International

Check email at least 3x per day?

Google/search for info at

least 5x per day?

Use your mobile phone for more than

one task?

Turn over remembering

info to a tech device?

Use IM?“Text” instead

of calling?

Have a wireless

network at home?

Shop online more than at

the mall?

QUICK QUIZ – do you…

SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Major Influencing Factors

Mentors Self-esteem

TechnologyCasual

Communication

They Have Multiple Cheerleaders

• Need and crave praise

• Will mistake silence for disapproval

• Expect constructive feedback

Self-Esteem

Technology

Different

Viewpoints

TV Generation

“Boomers”

PC Generation

“Gen X”

Net Generation

“Millennials”

Web What is it? Web is a tool Web is oxygen

Community Personal Extended

Personal

Virtual

Perspective Local Multi-national Global

Career One career Multiple careers Multiple reinventions

Loyalty Corporation Self Soul

Authority Hierarchy Unimpressed Self as expert

Source: Educause

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Spencer BynesSpencer@AccendoInternational.com

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