Motivating the Millennial Knowledge Worker

Description:
The course was designed to cover critical business and professional development topics in the shortest time possible. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, the course keeps you engaged and help you retain critical skills.

They’ve been called Generation Y. They’ve been called Echo Boomers. They may go by different names, but there’s no debate about their effect on business. They are the fastest growing segment of your employee population. They’ve been trained to use their heads more than their hands to solve problems. and it will take a new set of leadership skills to understand their perspective and motivate them to succeed.

Duration: One day

Table of Contents:

Understanding the Millennial Knowledge Worker
Millennial Motivational Issues
Summary

Part 1: Flexibility and Work/Life Balance
Getting Started
Flexibility and Work/Life Balance: Not New Concepts
Perspectives on Flexibility and Work/Life Balance
Proactive Strategies Supporting Flexibility and Work/Life Balance
Flexibility and Work/Life Balance: Examples
Summary

Part 2: Multidimensional Millennial Growth Opportunities
Getting Started
Multidimensional Growth Opportunities as Non-Negotiable Requirements
Reconciling Millennial Growth Opportunities with Knowledge Organizations
Millennial Leadership Opportunities and Multidimensional Career Growth
Summary

Part 3: Fun and Social Interaction
Getting Started
Fun and Social Interaction: Important Motivational Factors
Managers and HR Professionals Need to Employ “Millennial Fun” Strategies
Managers and HR Professionals Need to Increase Millennial Social Interaction
Fun and Social Interaction: Examples
Summary

Part 4: Purpose, Contribution, and Challenging Work
Getting Started
New Rules for Employment: Placing Millennials in Perspective
The Millennials’ Need to Make and Be Recognized for their Contributions
The Manager’s Role in Motivating Millennials as Contributors
Challenging Work: Global, National, and Organizational Issues
Summary

Part 5: Establishing and Sustaining Effective Communication
Getting Started
The Importance of Establishing and Sustaining Effective Communication
Strategies and Tactics
Collaboration Technologies
Summary

Part 6: The Three R’s: Recognition, Reward, and Respect
Getting Started
Generational Factors
Recognition for the Millennial Knowledge Worker
Applying Reward Strategies
The Third R: Respect
Summary

Part 7: Learning, Training, and Technology
Getting Started
The Forces Shaping America’s Economy
Knowledge Has Become the Important Factor in Economic Life
A Paradigm Shift From 20th-Century Training to 21st-Century Learning
Millennials and Their Unique Learning Preferences
Learning and Training Recommendations
Summary

Part 8: Pay for Performance
Getting Started
Money as a Driver of Superior Performance
Beyond the Performance Appraisal
Identifying Strategies for Providing Financial Rewards for Knowledge
A Pay-for-Performance Initiative
Summary