Entries Tagged as 'Gen Y'

Managing Gen Y with a little personal responsibility

Leading  Gen Y can be challenging.  So here are some of the ideas I’ve learned from top leaders. Conflict resolution will be easier and you will set up parameters to help the entire group take personal responsibility. Generation Y
1. Keep the door open but don’t become a doormat.
2. Easy to get along with – they are highly sociable.
3. Leave egos and arrogance at the door.
4. Be eager to help them achieve balance.
5. Give them “spot” reviews frequently.
6. Stay open to even the most radical thinking.
7. Good news? They think outside the box.
8. Walk your talk at all times.
9. Verify that they do want straight talk and no fluff…  and #10?
10. Delegate to them appropriately and give positive feedback.
I would recommend Eric Chesters blog too. What do you do that helps?  Marsha

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Tags: accountability, Gen Y by Marsha
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Spoiled Brats

Why do you think entitlement ruins our economy and do you think personal responsibility ends the spiral of this madness?

What do you think?  Where do you stand?  If you post a comment on the blog I will send you a download of The CEO of YOU: Leading YOURSELF to Success by Marsha Petrie Sue.

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Tags: accountability, entitlement, Gen X, Gen Y, professional development by Marsha
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9 Ways Gen Y Provides Leadership, and Productivity to Business

Yep – I’m at it again. I am just enthralled with Gen Y and all the clamoring around their entry into the workplace. So here is more of my thinking…

They may be your next boss!

Are you ready to turn your thinking from Generation Y as difficult people to great corporate citizens? Generation X and the Baby Boomers have not had this kind of press because they remained within a “norm” of others expectations. Gen Y do not consider themselves to be difficult or toxic people.

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Tags: accountability, Gen X, Gen Y, leadership, management by Marsha
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Clammoring over Gen Y! Creating difficult behavior for Gen X and the Boomers?

Thanks for the great posts on the last ezine and blog about Generation Y. Plus I received a ton of email on the effects of them in business today. The entire issue of becoming a difficult person because of generational differences is amazing. Not to mention that the problems of professional and personal development can be derailed when people have conflict.

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Tags: Gen X, Gen Y, job success, Uncategorized by Marsha
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Generation Y in the Workplace

Amazingly, this is the hottest topic in business today. I receive emails everyday asking, “How do I work with Generation Y?” How do you provide leadership and motivation to this new entrant into the workforce? The Millenials, the other moniker for Gen Y, were born between 1977 and 1994 and there are some 70 million in this 14 to 31 age group…roughly 20 percent of the U.S. Population.

Some ideas:

1. Tear up historical job descriptions. I mean really — people aren’t doing what’s written in them, so there is a gap between reality and the written word. Gen Y wants the reality of the job, not some over stated litany of words that is outdated.

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Tags: Gen Y, leadership, motivate, self awareness by Marsha
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Write Your Employees Resumes

Did you read the brilliant post from Noel? Absolutely spot on! Now here is the real news. Gen Y expects you to constantly train them with personal development ideas and move them to the next level. If you don’t do it, they will leave you and find someone else that will! Or if they don’t leave, they will become a difficult person and create a chain reaction of low morale.

So if you already know that, why wouldn’t build loyalty by helping them build a resume that will help them succeed! The downside is if you don’t have a “next step” for them, they will take their marbles to the next game. The upside is the building of trust and loyalty.

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Tags: Gen Y, job success, resume by Marsha
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Overturn Turnover: keeping the people that keep your business cooking

Nationally, the average annual employee turnover rate for all companies is estimated to be 12 percent with the current unemployment rate at 4.6 percent. You must create a work environment that includes the ingredients to keep the people you have because the chance of finding better employees is slim. It means you must maintain a setting that is productive, interesting, motivating, creative, and successful EVERYDAY! Poor performers and difficult people must be “fixed.”

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Tags: coaching difficult employees, cooperation, Gen X, Gen Y, turnover by admin
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