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Inside Outdoor | Spring 2015 41
friend of a friend who got fired for call-
ing their boss a jerk on Facebook.
But it can work in a positive way.
Not submitting to antiquated hierarchi-
cal structures allows millennials to think
creatively and find business opportuni-
ties where others might not imagine
there were any. While leaders should
watch out for unintended consequences,
they should also encourage younger
employees’ creativity to think beyond of
the established way of doing things.
5] Power is distributed and con-
trol requires permission. In other
words, millennials don’t put up with
bad bosses. They don’t listen to au-
thority if they don’t agree. This might
seem like a challenge, but in the long
run the sooner people stop accepting
poor leadership, leaders will have to
improve. Everyone will benefit.
The lesson here is: don’t be a lazy
leader. Make sure your millennial employ-
ees understand why your organization
and team are doing what they are doing.
Don’t just say, “do it because I said so”.
Also, don’t neglect leadership devel-
opment. Keep investing in your leader-
ship capabilities so you can motivate
your millennial employees.
6] They are not good at boring but
necessary work. Millennials don’t like
to concentrate on boring tasks that lead
to mastery and build character if those
tasks don’t have clear benefit. In order
to develop expertise and wisdom in any
industry, people have to invest in non-
glamorous grunt work to get to know
their sector by heart. These types of
experiences also help build patience to
work through a problem until it’s solved.
Today’s seni
extra effort to show the digital cowboys
why the hard work is important. Leaders
need to make sure that entry-level talent
know that having a deep understanding
of the different aspects of an industry will
help them in more senior roles later on.
Companies and organizations, by
and large, have od at getting
millennials in th
but they have been more challenged
about getting them to transition to
higher levels of responsibility.
If senior managers follow these six
pieces of advice, they can tap into millen-
nials’ strengths and help them become
the next generation of leaders.
Martha Maznevski is Professor of
Organizational Behavior and Interna-
tional Management at IMD. She will be
leading a daily interactive Insight Power
Hour on millennials at Orchestrating
Winning Performance (OWP), the unique
global business program at IMD which
takes place from June 21-26, 2015. She
also teaches in Strategies for Leadership
for female executives and the IMD-CK-
GSB Dual Executive MBA, which builds
knowledge and networks to do business
with China and the world.
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