COMMENTS: How to Motivate Gen Y
Finding and keeping good, young talent can be challenging for any business. And in today’s economy, the next generation can hold the key to boosting your bottom line.
Or, so we said in this post: Seven Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Millennial Workers
But Kel, the AccountingElf, left some good ideas too:
Wow. It was really interesting to read a summary like that, as I can really see a lot of those characteristics in my friends and myself. Especially the “feeling special†part. We have being well-rounded emphasized to us a lot, and so I think most people are confident that even if they don’t have the top grades, their other talents make up for it.
Feedback is important too. This may not be just my generation, but the work world is so different than what we are used to, that it can be hard to judge what we are or aren’t doing that is important. I think this ties into the big picture idea too- help your young employees understand the big picture and their place in it, and understand where they’re being evaluated. They will reward you by performing better in those areas.
And so did muunkky:
I like your points, but I think you’re being a bit soft. In order to really get the hearts of millenials you should actually listen to them and help them rethink the way you are doing business. Let them challenge everything about the current status quo and help them champion fundamental change in culture and communication.
Thanks for the comments!
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Thanks for the shoutout. I ended up reading a whole lot of articles yesterday about the issues people have employing my generation. I never realized what a big debate it all was before.
Apparently someone my age is supposed to get defensive and argue that the baby boomers caused the recession!
Articles like “Seven Ways…” that you posted on here help us learn how to work together, which I hope will get us farther to improving the economic situation than any argument will! So thank you for posts like this.