Millennials and Generation Z, How Do They Achieve Success in the Workplace?
A mentor of mine, an executive who worked in some of Silicon Valley’s most notable companies told me: “To be promoted, you need be the person, before you will receive the promotion.” While those words didn’t mean much at the time, as I got older, the more they made sense. Essentially, you need to […]
6 Benefits That Millennials Desperately Want in the Workplace – And That You Should Add If You Want to Attract Them [Data included]
Why make the workplace Millennial friendly? The concept of Millennial-izing the workplace has aggravated a lot of employers. Many questions arise such as, ‘why should we change if it already works?’ or ‘why are people just not content with a job anymore?’. Just like technology in the consumer market, the needs and demands in […]
Do Millennials Care About Voting in Elections?
In the past 2014 mid election, 143 million people who were eligible to vote, did not. Making it the lowest voter participation in 72 years. In addition to it being a low year, only 21.3% of Millennials (people born 1980-1996) did not vote in the past term. Why is it that Millennials are so low […]
Why ‘Monopoly for Millennials’ Was Such a Genius Marketing Strategy
Tokens: Hashtag, Bicycle, Camera, Sunglasses, Crying emoji, Mr. Monopoly head Players: 2-6 Game variations: Instead of buying property the game encourages places to gain Experiences. The player with the most Experience at the end wins the game. Price: $59.90 Millennials (born 1980-1996) are currently the butt of every generation joke…that is until they are old enough until Generation […]
8 Millennial Stereotypes Debunked With Data
According to what source you reference, the Millennial generation can span anywhere from 15-20 years, between the years 1980-2000. Even though this is such a wide spread in generations, major media outlets have created a series of Millennial stereotypes and stigmas that apply to everyone in these years. However, if you think about it […]
Top 7 Things That Millennials Want in the Workplace
With Millennials now being over half of the workforce, what Millennials want in the workplace should not be a mystery. However, thousands of companies spend millions of dollars in research and marketing dollars in order to figure out what Millennials really want. Whether that be for products, a service, or what they want in […]
Why Millennials Don’t Like to Make Phone Calls? – From a Millennial
Just about every speech I do, I seem to run into this question ‘Why do Millennials avoid making phone calls.” Because of this, I decided to set the record straight and explain why. If you are not too familiar with the Millennial generation, they are the individuals born between 1981-1996 according to Pew Research, and […]
How Do You Handle a Millennial Employee Who is Prone to Leaving Work Early?
“I need to run, I got another thing I conveniently planned that I need to attend to.” Leaving early is something that happens at every workplace. However, a lot of employers have consistently have been complaining about Millennials arriving to work late. While this may seem like a Millennial issue, many generations run into people […]
6 Signs That You Have An Entitled Employee on Your Hands
“I want to be promoted to VP even though I have been here few months.” Dealing with entitled employees is a common problem in the workplace today. With only 30% of the workforce engaged at work, you will continuously face different variations of entitlement coming from different age groups. Whether you have new Millennial […]
How to Fire An Underperforming Millennial Without Being Sued – 7 Steps
Everyone knows it is going to happen, well before it takes place. A toxic, entitled, or underperforming employee in the workplace that simply won’t change their ways- an unavoidable firing lingers. Unfortunately, the manager has to set the record straight and deliver the fatal blow to their tenure to keep the workplace culture healthy. Unfortunately, […]