With 10,000 Boomers retiring everyday, maximizing the performance and accelerating the development of Millennials, or Generation Y, is critical for corporations and organizations. peeqMe provides its Top 10 Ways to engage Millennials and create value in your workforce.

1. Top 10 Ways to Engage Your
Millennial Talent
P. Quake Pletcher
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2. 10. Get in touch with their ‘Specialness’
“The 20s inherently are an inwardlooking period of one’s life, where
people focus on themselves and
personal growth.” - Nancy Seligson
Mission: Adulthood: How the 20-Somethings of
Today Are Transforming Work, Love, and Life.
So…
Tap into their uniqueness. Using two
popular style and strengths
assessments yields over a half
million different combinations.
Expose your Millennials to their
actual specialness.
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3. 9. Give them stretch projects outside
70% of Development should be
from experiential learning.
So…
Take advantage of the fact that
Millennials volunteer at
extraordinarily high rates (63%)
by loaning them out, but be sure
they are exposed to
coaching/mentoring.
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4. 8. Encourage social networking up
Millennials respect their
elders, especially morals and
work ethic (Pew Research 2010)
So…
With 10,000 Boomers retiring
every day, facilitate formal and
informal networking with the
Millennial workforce before they
exit.
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5. 7. Encourage social networking sideways
Given the transparency of social
position via networks, peers
naturally benchmark for
motivation.
Why not…
Make sure that peer group
benchmarking information is
socially available in fun and nonthreatening ways.
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6. 6. Encourage social networking outside
Even if you win hearts and minds
at work… Millennials rarely work
at work. In fact, 8 of 10 think
they should work when they
want. (MTV No Collars Worker
Survey)
So…
Intentionally support Millennials to
engage with Professional
Groups, Industry
Associations, Competitors. Earn
trust, b/c you couldn’t stop them if
you tried.
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7. 5. Give feedback frequently
“They want to know that they’ve
done a good job, and they want to
know now.” (Gilbert, 2011)
So Be Brief…
The vast amount of
communication is consumed in
real-time, twitter-like bites. Its not
just feedback anymore, its
Newsfeedback.
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8. 4. Give positive feedback
Neuroscientists have established
that the common biological
response to negative feedback is
to have an emotional response
first. It’s processed in the same
place we would an attacking
lion.
But Be Bright…
People, like moths, are drawn to
light, not darkness. Promote
positive feedback.
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9. 3. Give feedback that’s fresh
“Traditional semi-annual reviews
are too infrequent for Millennials.”
(Gilbert, 2011)
And Always Be On…
Feedback should be fresh, but
also refresh-able. Create a
system that gathers feedback at
the point of experience, and
archived for later review.
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10. 2. Give feedback that’s structured
“Feedback needs to be structured
in a way that leaves no room for
misunderstanding… clear and
specific.” (Gilbert, 2011)
So…
Be sure to follow a basic format
like Situation, Action, Impact.
“Attagirls” and “Good jobs” don’t
cut it.
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11. 1. Provide open, social and mobile apps
Technological use (24%) is the #1 characteristic that makes
Millennials unique (Pew Research 2010)
peeqMe is performance-enhancing social hr
The social network that:
+ Follows you where you work/volunteer
+ Focuses on your unique and natural gifts
+ Allows feedback at the point of experience
+ Lets you give/get feedback that is short and sweet
+ Creates your personal network of boosters
Join now @ www.peeqMe.me – for personal and
professional growth
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