From the course: Working with Creative Millennials

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Why they will succeed and change the world

Why they will succeed and change the world

From the course: Working with Creative Millennials

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Why they will succeed and change the world

- A few years ago Forbes Magazine published a piece online called Why Millennials Are Dumping You: An Open Letter to Management. In it the Millennial writer Elizabeth McLeod states: "I need to be surrounded by people "who are on fire for what we're doing. "I need a manager who is motivated "to push boundaries and think differently. "Working in a cool office is really awesome, "so is free lunch, "but a purposeful culture is more important." The writer then builds up a head of steam, and constructs a threat if her demands aren't met. "I'll prove your assumptions about my generation are right. "8 months in, I'll quit and leave. "Or worse, I'll quit and stay, just like Donna Do-Nothing. "That's not good for either of us. "Here's what you need to know. "I was raised to believe I could change the world. "I'm desperate for you to show me "the work we do here matters, even just a little bit. "I'll make copies; I'll fetch coffee; "I'll do the grunt work, "but I'm not going to do it to help you…

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