Managing Millennials in the

workforce
Who are Millennials?

Baby Boomers Gen Y or Millennials

1943 to 1960 1980 to 1994

Gen X Gen Z
1961 to 1979 mid-1990s to mid-2000s
 Things that Millennials grew up with

The Internet Computers and Social Media

Mobile devices
#1 About Millennials #3
They are job hoppers-
Hardworking
Just like any other
people in other Millennials want work-
generation life balance

#4
#2
Over 70% of the
Millennials are Millennials in an
workaholics who value INSEAD study agree
efficiency over office that flexible work
norms #5 arrangements are
important to them.
Millennials seek leaders
who provide support
and career progression
plans.
How to manage Millennials?
Don’t let them get bored
Invest in training and workshops in preferred learning formats

The learnings should provide application

Over 53% of the Millennials are afraid of getting stuck in a job with no
development opportunities
Change the 9-5 office schedule
Allow remote work from a home or a café and promote an open work
culture
Go dark on vacations
Encourage vacations with no access to company phones and e-mails
Pay them well
Compensate based on their impact of the company

Taking care of employees motivates them to do their best work

Offer access to platforms that help them pay off their loans to help
allay fears and allow them to focus on the job
Provide clear directions for personal and
organizational growth
Millennials want to know how to fit in and succeed in their work

Show how their contributions impact their organization and offer a

path to advancement.
REGULARLY TELL THEM “WHY”
Millennials are driven by impact. They want to know their contribution
is for the worthy mission of the company.
LET THEM TRY NEW JOB
Create ways for them to try new jobs and develop new skills outside
their division or team.
This will help them to grow, learn and explore new opportunities will
help to attract and retain them.
MAKE RECOGNITION IMPACTFUL
Recognizing meaningful things
Make sure recognition is timely
Make recognition highly visible and public
MAKE WORK CHALLENGING ENGAGING &
FUN
Millennials grew up playing video games.
However, games do have several key characteristics that employers can
apply in workplace to make work more fun, challenging and engaging.

• Clear rules
• Clear objective
• Instant feedback
• Challenge
• competition
 Citations and References
• Millennials (Millennial Generation)
https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/millennials-millennial-generation
• What Generations X, Y and Z want from Work Technnology
Henrik Bresman and Vinika Rao. INSEAD Knowledge. 28 February 2017
https://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership -organisations/what-generations-x-y-and-z-want-
from-work-technology-5356
• State of (un)Readiness: A glimpse of how generations X,Y and Z believe the workplace should
function and the technologies poised to transform it.
https://centres.insead.edu/emerging-markets-institute/millennials-
project/documents/GenerationsXYZ-Technology-ebook1.pdf
• Ways to get along with Millennials at workplace
https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2017/05/15/6-ways-get-along-millennials-work/
• Keys to manage and motivate Millennials, by Michael Smalls, Founder & CEO
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://inspire.hoopla.net/rs/hoopla/
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