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Managing Millennials in the Workplace

Who are these new employees in your workplace? How do you relate to or manage this latest generation to enter the workforce? These younger employees are technologically wired, highly educated and eager to make a difference in their workplace. This highly interactive workshop is filled with information that you can apply immediately in your organization.

Millennials were born 1980 - 2000 and this generation is almost as large as the Baby Boomer generation. An achievement oriented group, these new employees are technically connected 24/7 and use social networking to connect with their peers. This high achieving generation wants to immediately make an impact in their career and is anxious to take on leadership roles.

Each participant will also receive a copy of Vivek Iyyani's book Empowering Millennials

Objective

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Learn about what makes the millennial generation tick and how their needs are different than older worker directly from a millennial
• Discover new research that shows the differences between what managers and millennials think about the workplace and how to get ahead
• Hear case studies from leading companies who have created programs and practices that effectively target millennials.
• Learn about the culture and events that have shaped the Millennial Generation.
• Determine ways to improve communication and building relationships with this generation.
• Generate ideas about how to manage and coach this generation of employees.

Application

At the end of the course, participants will be able to apply their knowledge to:

• Build better rapport with the Millennials within their team/department/organization
• Communicate effectively with the different generations based on their main motivations
• Provide Feedback using the Millennial Feedback Model
• Engage the Millennials better for higher retention within the organization Use a series of strategies and tactics to create an environment that capitalizes on the strengths of the Millennial Employee
• Understand when to coach, what to coach and how to coach the Millennial employee
• Reduce intergenerational conflict within the team/department/organization by sharing relevant case studies to their team members

Outline

Module 1: The Differences: Three Generations at Work

• Generational Cohorts
• Millennial Manifesto
• Gen Xer/Boomer Manifesto

Module 2: Leading & Motivating Multi-Generational Teams

• Managing Intergeneration Conflicts
• Understanding the Motivators for all generations
• Leading Millennials
• How to lead, communicate & motivate multi-generation teams successfully
• Points of Tension Between Managers & Millennials
• Manager’s Perception, Millennial Values & Core Competencies
• Competencies Managers Need to Succeed
• Incenting the Entitled: Rewarding the Right Things
• Communicate Desired Outcomes and Expectations
• Millennial Feedback Model

Module 3: Motivating Millennials

• Engaging the Self-Absorbed
• Adapt Management and Communication Styles
• Motivating the Indifferent
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Motivation
• Hierarchy of Capabilities That Contribute to Success
• Motivate with Meaningful Challenge
• Millennial Motivation Diagnosticse studies to their team members

Who should attend

Methodology

Testimonials

"Excellent course with very rich material. Prior to the course, I had lost faith in the Millennials and their ability to contribute to our business. I am now energized about their potential and with a renewed faith in my ability to better understand how to effectively lead them to reach their full potential."

"I was uncertain of the value of the training when I signed up and I have a new perspective and appreciation for the Millennials. Will leave the training taking a fresh approach at managing Millennials."

Feedback & experience of fellows participants are useful. Role playing was great and great that trainer is a millennial!
Antics@play

Having a millennial trainer helps to give perspective and their views from their points which personally I find is good for us to understand more. Good trainer being neutral.
Singapore Prison Service

Profile of Vivek Iyyani

Vivek Iyyani has addressed more than 25,000 men and women on the subject of leadership, motivation and peak performance. He has given more than five hundred talks and seminars over his ten years in this industry in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and India.

VIVEK IYYANI helps organisations prepare for the future and he believes the future is Millennial. He trains Leaders to understand the Millennial generation better so that they can work productively in intergenerational teams, leveraging on one another’s strengths.

Vivek works with business owners and directors from a wide range of industries to identify their 'Employer Brand’ to make it Millennial-Friendly. His consultations are based on his extensive research on multiple SMEs, MNCs and Non-Profit Organisations that depend on attracting, recruiting, retaining and engaging Millennial talents. Vivek is also the author of Empowering Millennials: The 5 Step Sequence to design a life of Fun, Freedom & Fortune.

Vivek is a certified Behavioural Psychology Specialist. He has furthered his study in this area with certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Personality Profiling such as the MBTI and TetraMap