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How To Optimise Millennial Leadership Traits



Millennials are optimistic despite a challenging start to adulthood in the wake of the Great Recession.

It is remarkable. Despite concerns about debt, 72% of millennials have confidence in their future and believe they can achieve their goals.
And one day, millennials will occupy positions of power that will affect generations to come. The shock of your entry into adulthood is a grounding experience upon which to build your leadership.  

Examine the challenges you face as relationships between dominant and subordinate groups and evolve effective strategies in readiness to debunk the old model of leadership.

As millennials you seek a more inclusive leadership. The challenge will be not only be to replace an old with a new tyranny and learn to:

"use group power responsibly, democratically and in defence of humane values. In this way, we can act together to resist tyranny – either one imposed by others or one made by ourselves." – Conclusion, BBC Prison Study

Millennial skills of inviting varying perspectives and seeking a common ground is unique. Prepare for the challenge of resisters who will adhere to the old formula of leadership.

 Use the excellent BBC study as a tool for preparing for leadership. Consider how old formulas of leadership will stop millennials  from breaking the mould? 

 The question millennials must ask is: how engrained are the old formulas of leadership and what will stop a new, humane leadership?

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