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The p..... of getting old
perks
Peter the Hermit g..... that they “think of nothing but themselves”
griped
Today, g..... b..... p...... tend to m..... i..... some praise with their gripes.
grizzled business pundits
mix in
Such m...... s...... tell employers they must adjust their management styles to m...... t..... e..... o...... m.....
modern-day sages
meet the expectations of millennial
those born between 1980 and 2000, also known as g...... Y.
generation Y.
These people are now the largest group in America’s workforce, making up 37% of the total, compared with 34% for the b..... - those born up to the mid-1960s, now r...... i.... d.....
baby-boomers
retiring in dorves
That is true, but much else that is said about them is c.......
conjecture
They are said to be n..... c......
natural collaborators
has turned them into t..... p.....
team players
But at the same time they reject c........ and are allergic to being managed.
careerism
The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work”, says millennials “think in terms of how to m.... t..... m.... o.... o... today and make sure that what they are doing is meaningful, interesting and challenging.”
make the most out of
Abundant Venture Partners, a v...... f..... says that doing business responsibly is the millennials’ “new religion
venture-capital firm
The only way to a..... a.... r..... these highly strung creatures is to turn your offices into o...... playpens and b..... the c..... s..... r..... (CSR) budget.
attract and retain
open-plan
boost
corporate social responsibility
CEB p..... 90,000 American employees each
polls ( to poll)
It finds that the millennials among them are in fact the most competitive: 59% of them, in the latest poll, said competition is “w.... g.... t..... u..... i..... t.... m.....
what gets them up in the morning
they compare their performance with their p.....
peers
As for the idea that they are a............, CEB poll finds that 33% of millennials put “future career opportunity” among their top five reasons for choosing a job,
anti-careerist
Likewise for corporate d.......
do-goodery
Jennifer Deal of the Centre for Creative Leadership, an e..... o.......
executive-training outfit, (Firma)
Or the idea that firms should communicate with d..... n.... through digital media
digital natives
More than 90% of millennials said they wanted to receive their p..... e.... and to discuss their c.... p.... f.....-t....-f.....
performance evaluations
career plans
face-to-face
millennials are more likely to s..... a.... v.... f.... from their managers than members of other generations are.
seek and value feedback
Young people in every generation c..... j.... more frequently than older people
change Job
because they are still l..... t.... r....
learning the ropes
Companies are right t.... b.... e..... a.... the millennial generation.
to be exerciesed about
Nothing is more important for a firm’s survival than r..... and r.... the n..... w.... o.... t.....
recruiting
retaining the next wave of talent
But in their enthusiasm to embrace that generation, they risk s.... a l.... o..... s.... o.....
swallowing a lot of snake oil
more on r.... i.... p.... and providing clear paths to career progress.
rewarding individual performance
Every age group contains i..... and e......, high-flyers and low-riders.
introverts
exroverts
Every age group contains introverts and extroverts, h...... and l......
high-flyers
low-riders
they also need to recognise that h..... c..... s.... both i..... d..... and generational variations
human commonalities swamp
individual differences
they also need to recognise that human commonalities swamp both individual differences and g..... v....
generational variations
The most striking thing about the research data compiled by t..... l.... o...... CEB and the Centre for Creative Leadership is how much workers of different generations have in common.
the likes of
to be given interesting work to do, to be rewarded on the basis of their contributions and to be given the chance to work hard and g..... a......
get ahead
