Benchmarks & Trends, Company Culture, High Trust Behaviour, Leadership & Management, Training & Development
Key Takeaways:
- Managing across generations: Employees across age groups share more workplace priorities than generational stereotypes often suggest.
- Workplace trust: A foundation of trust helps leaders manage employees across generations more effectively.
- Millennials in the workplace: Early-career employees share many expectations and priorities with their older colleagues.
- Career development: Opportunities for professional growth are particularly important to younger employees while also supporting colleagues across generations.
- Ethical leadership: Organizational ethics are an important workplace priority for younger employees and their colleagues.
Millennials have developed quite the reputation in their limited time in the workforce. They are labeled, unfairly, as job hoppers. As overly needy of attention. As uniquely difficult to manage.
But, according to a survey conducted by Great Place to Work (GPTW), these early-career employees have more in common with their older colleagues than one would think. The results suggest that managing across generations needn’t be overly challenging so long as a foundation of trust is in place.
Frequently Asked Questions:
What helps leaders manage employees across generations?
Build a workplace grounded in trust and focus on shared employee priorities rather than relying on assumptions about generational differences.
Do Millennials have different workplace expectations from older employees?
Millennials share many workplace priorities with older colleagues, making common needs and experiences an important starting point for effective management.
Why is trust important in a multigenerational workplace?
Trust creates a common foundation that helps employees across age groups work together and strengthens how managers lead diverse generations.
What workplace priorities matter to younger employees?
Career development and organizational ethics are particularly important to younger workers while also resonating with colleagues from other generations.
