Dan Weir, Frost Valley YMCA Lindsay Hutchinson, Frost Valley YMCA

1. It’s worth your time
Managing Millennials
Dan Weir, Frost Valley YMCA
Lindsay Hutchinson, Frost Valley YMCA

2. Ground Rules

3. “All generalizations
are false,
including this one.”
-Mark Twain

4. We are not going to change your
management style this afternoon

5. This is the ‘201’ level class

6. Today’s Goals

7. Go over 5 areas of emphasis with
managing a millennial

8. Leave with takeaways

9. Answer your questions

10. What goals do you have today?

11. What is a millennial?

14. Generations
Silent
70+
Baby
Boomers
51-69
Gen X
35-50
Millennial
18-35

16. Negative effect of Helicopter Parents

18. From the
American College Health Association
Surveyed 100,000 college students from
153 different campuses about their health
in 2013

19. 84.3%
felt overwhelmed by all they had to do

20. 51.3%
felt overwhelming anxiety

22. Wants to take on the world,
doesn’t know where to start first

23. Grown up with technology

24. Technology moving too fast to study

25. Access to everything

27. As consumers they want
Technology
Social
Collaborate
Adventure
Value

28. 5areas
of focus

30. #1
Sense of Purpose

31. WHY: No difference between
a “calling” & a “career”

32. WHY: They want to do good

33. HOW: This is our advantage

35. HOW: Our 3 deliverables
set the stage

36. HOW: Are you encouraging
“cause driven leadership”?

37. WHAT: Profit companies are
working in more philanthropy

38. WHAT: It’s being noticed

39. Find another statistics
WHAT: It’s being reported on

40. #2
Relationships

41. WHY: They want to be
part of a team

42. WHY: Authenticity matters more
than professionalism

43. WHY: equality = fairness

44. HOW: explain to their parents that
you need a working relationship
with the employee

45. HOW: set up a mentor.
It doesn’t have to be you.

46. HOW: build a community by creating teams
outside the departments

47. WHAT: Roommates meet before getting to
school

48. WHAT: Staff Appreciation & Company
Gatherings

49. WHAT: “Millennials at work: reshaping the
workplace” from PricewaterhouseCoopers

50. #3
Professional
Development

51. WHY: Choose a job based how much they
are invested in, not salary

52. WHY: Investing in them = believing
in them

53. WHY: Know what they want to do, but
don’t know how to do it

54. HOW: Send them to networking
opportunities & trainings

55. HOW: Invite them along with you

56. HOW: Create it for your seasonal
staff

57. HOW: teach them project
management

58. WHAT: If they become too good, won’t
they leave?

60. #4
Flexibility

61. WHY: Access to information,
people, anything is so easy

62. WHY: When they are motivated,
they want to do it now

63. WHY: work-life balance
is very important

64. HOW: Use technology

65. HOW: teach boundaries on how
to use technology

66. HOW: be flexible but also
pragmatic about time

67. HOW: give access to you when
you are available

68. WHAT: Flexibility in schedule is now
a competitive edge

69. • Business Insider “The most flexible companies to
work for in America”
• WSJ “How to Find Companies With Flexible Work
Arrangements”
• US News & World Reports “Top 25 Companies for
Work-Life Balance”

70. WHAT: “Millennials at work: reshaping the
workplace” from PricewaterhouseCoopers

71. #5
Leadership

72. WHY: They need to know you
believe in them

73. WHY: They don’t know how to take
criticism

74. WHY: Want to be part of a
movement

75. HOW: debriefing

76. HOW: teach them how to take criticism.
Open up about your career path.

77. HOW: use following their “calling” to
your Y’s benefit

78. HOW: teach them how to say no

79. Collaboration &
Team work
Creativity &
Imagination
Critical thinking
Problem
Solving
WHAT: 21st century skills movement

80. WHAT: resiliency is being sought
after

81. The secret about
these 5 areas is…

82. You knew most of
this already

83. To get where you are,
you had to master
these 5 areas

84. The millennials
want to be in
your position

85. Be intentional about
using you expertise
to your advantage

86. This is a community
wide effort –
a culture

87. The slideshow &
handout at
danlovescamp.com
by 9am tomorrow

88. It’s worth your time
Managing Millennials
Dan Weir, Frost Valley YMCA
Lindsay Hutchinson, Frost Valley YMCA