From the course: Hire, Retain, and Grow Top Millennial Talent
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Helping millennials manage their failure
From the course: Hire, Retain, and Grow Top Millennial Talent
Helping millennials manage their failure
- Failure is part of life. Rebounding from failure is part of success. But for millennials, failure can be absolutely devastating because they're not used to failing. Let me give you some context. People call the millennials the special snowflake generation for a reason. They're the kids who got participation trophies even when they came in last. They've also been called the most over-parented generation in history. Every year, their parents sat them down and talked about, how can I help you get straight As, do you need a coach? What can I do for you? Their schools set the bar very high for them. They were expected to be top performers. A B was fatal. They had SAT coaches. Their parents talked to their sports coaches about how they should get more play time. But now they have you. You're not their parent. Your their boss. And so, overnight, these millennials went from a situation where everyone was…
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