tips on managing millenials
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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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