That’s ridiculous. Work output is not determin by clothes, so don’t bother with your wardrobe. As long as you don’t come to the office in yoga pants and shorts, you’ll get your work done. 3. Give them a voice. I was sitting in a crowd, stuffy conference room at the New York City Comptroller’s office, attending a meeting on “green” building bonds.
At some point in the meeting,
Our moderator ask everyone to introduce themselves and briefly tell us about themselves. Everyone at the table had an impressive resume with decades of experience. They spoke briefly and succinctly. As we mov to the “cheap seats” behind the table, junior employees began to introduce themselves, and they not only want to speak, but also spoke eloquently about their experiences.
One millennial in particular wax
poetic about her time as an undergraduate at Georgetown University and how proud she was that the university had built this dorm or that overseas chinese in usa data building in a sustainable way. Really? When I start working in government more than twenty years ago, I remember someone telling me a Victorian adage that children should be seen, not heard. This obviously meant that I was still a “child” in the workplace. But today’s millennials want to be seen and heard.
They have ideas, and lots of them.
Sometimes I have to count to ten to keep my composure, but more often than not I find that millennials have new perspectives and interesting paradigm becomes a permanent fixture in insights on a range of topics. Let them speak. They just want to help, and they usually do. 4.Be patient with their impatience (and the ne for instant gratification that technology creates). Millennials are notoriously impatient. They want a corner office the day after they arrive.
They want a raise within their first six months.
They don’t understand why their title isn’t “King of the World.” It’s annoying. But remember when you had all this energy and enthusiasm? Remember rich data when you saw new and better ways to do things and complete tasks? The curse of youth is that they want things to happen yesterday. But being patient with their impatience shows that they are passionate and interest, which can be a rare and wonderful quality in an employee.