Millennial Leaders

Are you frustrated by resistance to new ideas in your organisation? Don't give up or leave. Use the experience to collect insights. Today's workplace is riven with uncertainty about what the rules of engagement should be. Some of Boomers' frustrations come from a nostalgia for a workplace where command and control management, hierarchy, and bureaucracy offered stability . As leaders, Boomers enjoyed great prestige from a compliant workforce. Fast forward to today, an accelerating pace of change, tech savvy Millennials and a jumble of past and new practices threaten their status quo.  To thrive, organisations must evolve and become adaptive, so that performance is not disrupted by change. However, most organisation lack the know-how to achieve it. It is fear that fuels Boomers' criticism of Millennials and explains their unwillingness share leadership in creating a new model. These kinds of negative experiences helped me understand what constraining...

The fact is that 58% of corporate leadership programs fail should embolden you. The model is broken. So dare to remain different; Millennials believe collaboration is the best way to fulfil dreams.  Your fulfilment will depend on an ability to loosen conformity's grip; expect a backlash. In my experience it gets personal and even vindictive. The VIA Survey of Character Strengths is a great place to start inoculating yourself from the prejudices you  encounter . True confidence, as opposed to a confident attitude, comes from talents honed over many years. So, when the attacks come, you're self-belief will sustain you. Use the survey to gain clarity.

I loved the time I worked solely with Millennials . They were dazzling, fabulous and fizzing with potential. The fact is, your confidence irritates the older generation. They'd rather define you as the problem than confront what sucks in their life. So, before you are buried beneath the weight of criticism, reflect upon your experiences of being shut down and ask why it was. Start to observe how every day, acts of belittlement stifle the possibility of change ... I want you to understand that fear motivates the belittlement you face.  The purpose of this blog is to share what I've learnt over the years so that you, Millennials , become the generation who allow "[g]reat work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."   –Fernando Flores