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1. !
Creating a purpose-driven
workplace
adam smiley poswolsky
AUTHOR, THE QUARTER-LIFE BREAKTHROUGH
SMILEYPOSWOLSKY.COM
@whatsupsmiley
Copyright 2016 by Adam S. Poswolsky. All rights reserved.

2. Source: Gallup (2013)
70%Source: Gallup, State of the American Workplace Report (2013)

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4. FIND BELIEVERS

6. WE ARE NOT THE
“ME ME ME”
GENERATION

7. PURSUE MEANING

8. “Being human always points, and is directed, to
something or someone, other than oneself—be
it a meaning to fulfill or another human being
to encounter. The more one forgets himself—
by giving himself to a cause to serve or another
person to love—the more human he is.”
!
-Viktor Frankl

9. reflects who you are
and what your interests are,
allows you to share your gifts
to help others,
provides a community of believers that will support your dreams,
and is financially viable
given your desired lifestyle.
MEANINGFUL WORK
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11. what millennials really want
• Sense of MEANING
• Coaching and mentoring
• Learning, leadership development
• Flexible work, remote work, work-life balance
Source: Deloitte Millennial Survey (2016)

12. MILLENNIAL ENGAGEMENT
• Digital
• Clear
• Fluid
• Fast
Source: “When Millennials Take Over” by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant (Ideapress Publishing, 2015)

13. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
• Purpose
• Value
• Renewal
• Focus
Source: The Energy Project (Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath, The New York Times, “Why You Hate Work”, 5/20/14).
Employees who derive meaning reported 1.7 times higher job satisfaction, and 1.4 times more engaged at work.
Employees who have supportive supervisors are 1.3 times as likely to stay with the organization and are 67 percent more engaged.
Employees who take a break every 90 minutes report a 30 percent higher level of focus.
Only 20 percent said they were able to focus on one task at a time at work, but those who could were 50 percent more engaged.

14. AvG. millennial’s job= 2-3 years
!
AvG. job TENURE= 5 years
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

15. 2/3 of millennials
expect to leave their
job by 2020 Source: Deloitte Millennial Survey (2016)

16. 65% of today’s kids
will end up in jobs that
haven’t been invented yet
Source: U.S. Department of Labor

18. “MAXIMIZE THE RATE OF LEARNING
WHILE MINIMIZING
THE RATE OF TIME TO TRY IDEAS.”
!
-TOM CHI, FORMER HEAD OF EXPERIENCE AT GOOGLE X

19. greatest opportunities for companies
to empower MILLENNIAL TALENT
1. MAKE AN IMPACT
2. PROVIDE SKILLS & TRAINING
3. re-invent their career

20. EMPOWER millennials
• Purpose: alignment with role, mission, and team
• value: Mentorship, skills exchange, and co-leadership
• Autonomy: Encourage career exploration, flexible/remote JOBS
• experiment: HR supports A 2-5 YEAR LEARNING JOURNEy
*Currently 34% of the workforce are freelance. Source: Freelancer’s Union
See Daniel Pink’s Drive for Purpose/ Mastery /Autonomy reference

21. EMPOWER millennials
• ENGAGE: frequent feedback and Positive reinforcement, SUPERVISOR = MENTOR, VALUES-
ALIGNED culture design, TEAM BUILDING, design thinking
• EXPLORE: OFFER apprenticeships, “experiment-ships”, unpaid sabbaticals for purpose-
driven projects
• IncluDE: inclusion > hierarchy
• balance: deliver employee perks tied to quality of life, renewal, creativity, play, FOCUS,
health & wellness
• COMMUNITY: create exponential communities to BUILD diverse and dynamic networks

22. HR IS THE NEW
LIFE COACH
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23. MILLENNIALS WANT
exponential
community @whatsupsmiley

24. wealth is measured by
your community,
not your bank account
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25. !
be a brand with a mISSION
!
design culture that is
more than just culture
!
transform employees (and the world)

26. MAKE THE ASK

27. WE Are THE
PURPOSE
GENERATION

28. !
Creating a purpose-driven
workplace
adam smiley poswolsky
AUTHOR, THE QUARTER-LIFE BREAKTHROUGH
SMILEYPOSWOLSKY.COM
@whatsupsmiley
Copyright 2016 by Adam S. Poswolsky. All rights reserved.