千禧一代的问题有一个惊人的简单答案

2017年2月1日
  • 鲍勃·查普曼
  • 鲍勃·查普曼
    首席执行官 & Barry-Wehmiller的主席

采访我的好朋友西蒙·斯涅克 最近“疯传”.“我说的病毒式传播是指超过400万的观看量.

他再一次回答了“千禧一代的问题”.” There was so much discussion around what he said that he addressed the topic again in a Facebook直播环节 上周.

你可能会问,什么是“千禧一代的问题”? 西蒙解释说:

“显然,千禧一代……很难管理. 他们被指责有资格, 自恋的, 利己主义的, 无重点, 懒惰,但有权利是最大的. 而且因为他们让领导感到困惑, 现在的情况是领导层要求千禧一代, “你想干什么??’”

什么 do 他们认为他们想要? 根据西蒙的推测, 他们希望“在一个有目标的地方工作”, they want to have an impact…and they want free food and bean bags.”

Simon does a great job breaking down the issues surrounding millennials and the challenges they face, but the damning 事情 is how leaders are responding—or not responding– to these challenges.

在采访中,我经常被问到这个新一代, but it’s mostly focused on what advice I would give them as they’re beginning their careers. Oddly enough, I’m never asked what advice I would give to their leaders.

As Simon pointed out in his Facebook Live chat, the “Millennial Question” really isn’t about millennials at all; it has to do with good 领导.

It has to do with getting leaders to understand what really drives this largely misunderstood but educated, creative and technology-savvy 到2025年,这一代人将占推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜劳动力的75%.

For companies like Barry-Wehmiller that operate primarily in the 工业制造空间,没有时间可以浪费. 对于许多 decades – as technology advanced and companies shifted production overseas – the number of jobs in this country continued to decrease. 但 这些统计数据表明,情况正在发生变化:

  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in December 2016, 制造业增加了1.7万名工人. 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜最近看到 companies like Ford cancel plans to export jobs to other countries in the face of the incoming administration, and companies such as GM, Apple 菲亚特克莱斯勒(Fiat Chrysler)也在谈论在美国增加产量.S. 植物. 将 这将继续成为一种趋势? 也许.
  • An 行业市场晴雨表 report about the future of manufacturing showed that nearly half of the 制造业劳动力年龄在55岁以上. 其中许多人计划这么做 很快退休.
  • A 福布斯最近的一篇文章 指出“到2017年底。, as many as 600 major semiskilled professions could realize a growth rate of 5% or more.”

Trades and industrial jobs are becoming more appealing for those entering the workforce because of the increasingly high cost of secondary education and the almost life-long debt that follows with 找工作的希望渺茫. 至少有一个人能养家糊口 工资.

Clearly, within the manufacturing sector, there is both a need and an opportunity to draw the millennial generation into our workforce. 然而, how are companies going to attract and retain them when many leaders are still befuddled by the Millennial Question: 什么 do they want?

很明显,他们想要的不只是免费食物和豆袋.

盖洛普 has called millennials the “Job-Hopping Generation” because 21% have 在过去的一年里换了工作,60%的人愿意接受新的工作 机会.  为什么? 他们想要感觉有价值的工作——他们会的 如果他们在那里找不到,就离开你的公司.

那么,是什么让一份工作有价值呢?

The Levo Institute, a career networking resource for millennials, says that of the 15% of the millennial workforce in “blue-collar” jobs, two thirds of those workers “see the impact of their work daily, feel valued by their immediate team and feel that their work has purpose. 所有 of this, despite how they feel about current 领导 and culture which rank amongst the lowest in favorite aspects of their jobs.”

“ 但 sadly, just over 74% feel they have neither a 人 they see as a mentor (someone who gives help and advice to a less experienced 人) nor a sponsor (a 人 who advocates for a less experienced 人的推广). 他们不认为公司有既得利益 在他们的发展过程中.”

盖洛普调查的千禧一代也表达了类似的感受. 他们 said they want their manager to care about them as an employee and a 人. In fact, 盖洛普 discovered that 62% of millennials who feel they can talk with their manager about non-work-related issues plan to be 和他们现在的组织在一起.

推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的观察告诉推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜,千禧一代,无论他们能否 articulate it or not, are looking for companies that have a clearly defined purpose and they desire the opportunity to contribute to a 共同的目的. 他们想为真正关心他们的公司工作 them and are intentional about helping them grow and develop into all 他们是命中注定的. 他们想为领导工作,而不是为经理工作 bosses, but true leaders—who let them know that who they are and what 它们确实很重要.

Since the early 2000s, throughout Barry-Wehmiller, we have been very intentional in our efforts to create a culture like the millennials 设想. 在推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜不断壮大的全球组织中,推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜团结在一起的是 our shared vision of measuring our success by the way we touch the lives 别人的. 这意味着为推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的团队成员提供有意义的工作 within an environment of care, compassion and human connection.

推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的团队成员和领导宝贵的技能 倾听,加强沟通和协作. 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜努力工作 建立信任和尊重. 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜鼓励人民之间的公开对话,不 matter their role or title, to continuously improve our business 实践. 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜给他们自由,让他们在工作中发挥自己的天赋和才能 创造更好的企业. 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜认可并赞美推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的团队 感谢各位成员一路走来做出的卓越贡献.

本质上,推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜 help them discover, grow and develop into all 他们是命中注定的. And there’s not a single bean bag chair in any one of our more than 100 locations around the world.

关于千禧一代和他们所谓的 shortcomings, it’s hard to wonder if we’re not giving them a fair shake. Perhaps it’s time we ask ourselves this question: are the millennials 问题是推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜缺乏对他们的领导?

As our friend Simon Sinek said, “We’re taking this amazing group of young, fantastic kids… and we put them in corporate environments that 比起孩子,他们更关心数字. 他们更关心 about the short-term gains than the long-term life of this young human 被.”

Companies that don’t foster cultures in which their team members 能茁壮成长就要自己奋斗才能茁壮成长吗. 婴儿潮一代 耐受传统的公司环境. x一代已经长大了 对他们越来越失望. 最后,千禧一代正在推动 关于工作场所文化变化的对话向前推进. 这很好 事情. Because, as Simon once said to me, “Everyone deserves a job where they go home at the end of their day feeling fulfilled by the work that 他们所做的.”

The “Millennial Question” is only difficult to answer when you overlook the very heart of the problem.

 


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