March 2019
Beginner
152 pages
3h 50m
English
Content preview from What Millennials Really Want From Work and Life
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Conclusion: A Blueprint for Success
Throughout this book, we’ve covered the many ways in which millennials are, for the most part, anything but problem children or entitled, but rather just like all generations before them, in most regards, for what they want out of work and life, just delayed and impatient to catch up.
The first thing other generations must do when dealing with us is to treat us like the adults we are, listen carefully to us, learn our language and psychology, and then leverage it.
The reason it’s incumbent on companies to be proactive with millennials, rather than reactive and condescending, is simple demographics, plus the stark supply–demand disparity between business needs and the millennial talent available or ...