1. Thrive. Grow. Achieve.
Managing and Motivating Millennials: The Secret to Engaging the Next Generation
Gabrielle Jackson President & Millennial Strategist The Millennial Solution, LLC
October 1, 2014

2. What’s Your M Factor? Maximizing Your Millennial Talent
Gabrielle Jackson
President, The Millennial Solution, LLC
www.millennialsolution.com

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GLOBAL
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DIVERSE
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OPTIMISTIC
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SELF-AWARE

4. Can’t We All Just Get Along?

5. Who Are We Working With?

10. Popular Media Defines Us

11. Myth #1: Entitled

12. FACT: We Are Ambitious

13. Myth #2: Independent

14. FACT: We Crave Mentors

15. Myth #3: Disloyal

16. FACT: We Invest in People- Not Companies

17. Myth #4: Addicted to Technology

18. FACT: We Are Constantly Connected

19. Myth #5: Unmotivated

20. FACT: Mission Driven

21. Questions?

22. The REAL Millennial Motivators
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Fulfillment
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Family
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Flexibility
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Forward-moving
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Feedback

23. 1.
Work/life balance (62 percent)
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Job security (57 percent)
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Dedicated to a cause or feel I am serving a greater good (49 percent)
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Be competitively or intellectually challenged (34 percent)
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Be a leader or manager of people (26 percent)
Top 5 Career Goals
Universum, 2013

24. 1.
Respect for its people ( 53.7 percent)
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Secure employment (52.5 percent)
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Creative and dynamic work environment (49.1 percent)
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Professional training & development (45.7 percent)
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Friendly work environment (45.6 percent)
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Leaders who will support my development (42.7 percent)
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High future earnings (42 percent)
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Leadership opportunities (40.9 percent)
Top 8 Job Priorities

25. What is YOUR Millennial Challenge?
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Attracting
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Retaining
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Optimizing
What is the cause?
•Industry
•Personality
•Position
ACTIVITY

26. Your Millennial Management Toolbox
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Keep it personal
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Mentor like you mean it
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Manage expectations
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Be bendy
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Keep it moving
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Cross-train

27. Millennial Mentoring
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Defined beginning and end
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Dynamic and Organic
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Cross-industry
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Reverse and Peer Mentoring
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Feedback

29. www.millennialsolution.com
Contact: Gabrielle@MillennialSolution.com