![]() ![]() ![]() Create Intentional Focus Times Absent of Electronic Screens It’s important not to think, “You should know this it’s basic human relationship skills.” They don’t. “Here is how you could have said this to accomplish what you wanted,” will be a familiar refrain to the leader of Millennials. As mundane as it seems, the screen-generation often lacks interpersonal human skills needed to influence and transform the behaviors of others. My friend asked his neighbor: “Have you knocked on their door and talked about this with them?” The response he usually got was a “Why would I do that?” An oppositional and defiant tone may get attention and likes but it rarely influences others to change the behavior we want them to change. A friend was recently viewing his neighborhood’s Facebook group and noticed how quickly the Millennials in his neighborhood “outed” someone on Facebook for driving too fast, letting their dog stay out in what the poster thought was too cold, etc. Leaders must also model and share with these developing team members how to handle personal relationships. Just because the Millennial feels he or she can do something doesn’t mean we should let them as leaders. Millennial managers must kindly help team members understand what their strengths are and are not, then coach them in how to optimize their strengths and make their weaknesses irrelevant as much as possible. In effect, you are clearing out the internal participation trophies and showing them what they really should be rewarded for. ![]() A first step of the re-parenting process is giving the Millennial team member a clear picture of those areas in which he/she really excels and those in which they really don’t. Unfortunately, this means supervisors will have to re-parent Millennials in the workplace in order to help them become influential leaders. Here are 5 Ways to Better Influence MillennialsĪccording to Sinek, Millennials were constantly told they could be anything they want and received trophies even when undeserved. Granted, not every Millennial fits the general mold and coaching is individual, but the times do shape us in some way or another. If you haven’t seen it yet, it will be a few minutes very spent.Īfter watching this video, I began to think of prescriptive ways in which we can positively influence Millennials to counter some of the negative things Simon Sinek has observed about them. In the video, he talks about dealing with Millennials in the workplace with some astute wisdom. On-Demand LivingĪnd because this generation has been raised on instant gratification, on-demand everything, and always-connected social media, they don’t even realize that the primary means of getting what you wanted in the past was to get really good at something-even if that something was simply being patient.Recently, Simon Sinek’s video on Millennials, the generation born between 19, has been creating a buzz online. In today’s hyper-social era where the acquisition of fame and perceived importance has shifted the focus away from developing world-class skills to developing world-class numbers. Or perhaps even worse, not realizing that they have to work for it. ![]() Working Hard to Develop SkillsĪs Simon notes in the interview, sometimes it’s as well intentioned as wanting to have impact, but not wanting to work for it. Simon’s theory is that millennials have been trained (through no fault of their own) to expect instant gratification in a world where deep meaning and satisfaction can only be derived from patience and perseverance, clearly struck a chord with the audience. Millennials and Life SatisfactionĮveryone listened closely to Simon’s words-enlightened by his insights on how everything from parenting strategies and technology to the modern workplace environment have coalesced to create a problem of declining life satisfaction and increasing depression and suicide rates among millennials. On set that day, with an audience of both millennials and older generations, the environment was electric. Simon Sinek Interview: On this episode of Inside Quest with Tom Bilyeu, Simon discusses what he calls the “Millennial Question”-namely why millennials have a bad rap, and how leaders can create an environment in which they can thrive. ![]()
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