Next Generation Leadership

by Mike Hunter

Employers who refuse to adapt to the expectations of younger generations are losing out on top talent, as they leave for positions at companies with more modern practices. Learn what companies need to do to fit into the new normal in the workplace. Generation Y sees the world differently from any other generation in modern memory. And nowhere is this more evident than in the workplace. The astronomical shifts that this generation has seen in the economy, technology and the world have changed what they want from life and work — which is not a 9-to-5 existence for 40-plus years leading to a typical retirement at 65. What older generations call a poor work ethic from a spoiled generation, Gen Y sees as a different way of doing things. Companies that don’t get on board risk losing the diverse young talent that is critical for them to be able to compete.