Tomorrow I'm speaking at 3:15 on Managing and Leading the Next Generation of Workers and if you're planning to attend, let's start the conversation now.
What stereotypes do you want to discuss/break? Whether you're a manager or a millennial - let me know what you'd like to discuss, hoping to learn from the session, etc. I have some stuff already, but I hate just speaking to the crowd (though I'll do it.) I'd prefer interaction and what better way to leverage some of this year's opportunities to engage Annual attendees than this.
So comment, tweet #asae09 lw1, @youfoundbob or email me at rawolfejr@yahoo.com with your questions, the stereotypes you'd like to discuss and/or what you hope to get from the session. It's your session - I'm just along for the ride ;)
Comments received by 10:30pm tonight will definitely be reviewed, after that - well that's for Toronto to decide ;)
Thanks for reading and maybe I'll see you at the presentation.
bob
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
When Generational Issues Shouldn't Be Used
It's been over a month and I'm finally ready to go over some of my thoughts from Annual.
The first that I've been thinking of for a while was the response to the Generation Y sessions, particularly to Nadira Hira's thought leader session. I was amazed at the reaction of non-Yers, mainly the comments I heard that sounded something like "I have such a better understanding of my young staff's expectations."
This got me thinking, but I just listened in the halls. I didn't want to seem to emotionally attached as a Gen Y myself, but my simple thought is this: Did you sit down with your staff and go over their expectations?
As an association, staff's tend to be smaller and direct reports are easily in the single digits. Instead of taking a sample of millions and millions and applying these commonalities to a few staff, why not just sit down with the 1-10 folks who fit this group and have an open dialog . Maybe they'll fit the "typical gen y," but why miss the opportunity to discuss individual expectations and goals? Don't wait for a Gen Y speech, just have the conversation and discuss those areas you can't quite grasp.
It's not that hard and you never know, the conversation you have with your Gen Y staff could shine a whole new light on Gen Y that hasn't been covered (because your staff's individuality was lost when they were lumped with the other millions of Yers).
Thanks for reading,
bob
P.S. Generational information is great, I'm not arguing against that, but it should be used with large numbers. The larger the population, the better it will match the Generational reports (in theory).
The first that I've been thinking of for a while was the response to the Generation Y sessions, particularly to Nadira Hira's thought leader session. I was amazed at the reaction of non-Yers, mainly the comments I heard that sounded something like "I have such a better understanding of my young staff's expectations."
This got me thinking, but I just listened in the halls. I didn't want to seem to emotionally attached as a Gen Y myself, but my simple thought is this: Did you sit down with your staff and go over their expectations?
As an association, staff's tend to be smaller and direct reports are easily in the single digits. Instead of taking a sample of millions and millions and applying these commonalities to a few staff, why not just sit down with the 1-10 folks who fit this group and have an open dialog . Maybe they'll fit the "typical gen y," but why miss the opportunity to discuss individual expectations and goals? Don't wait for a Gen Y speech, just have the conversation and discuss those areas you can't quite grasp.
It's not that hard and you never know, the conversation you have with your Gen Y staff could shine a whole new light on Gen Y that hasn't been covered (because your staff's individuality was lost when they were lumped with the other millions of Yers).
Thanks for reading,
bob
P.S. Generational information is great, I'm not arguing against that, but it should be used with large numbers. The larger the population, the better it will match the Generational reports (in theory).
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