12.30pm.
This workshop will focus on the group of individuals referred to by marketers as “Generation Y”. Generation Y, sometimes referred to as “Millennials” or the “Net Generation” were born between 1979 -1994 and grew up in the 1990s and 2000s (Wikipedia).
International research suggests Gen Y is more ambitious and tends to move jobs more often than previous generations. They are exceptionally tech-savvy, especially tuned to their own value in the job market, have limited loyalty to any particular employer and insist on working in a stimulating job environment.
Fortune magazine (May 28, 2007) deemed Generation Y the most high-maintenance, yet potentially most high-performing, generation in history because its members are entering the workplace with more information, greater technological skill and higher expectations of themselves and others than prior generations.
What does this mean for the workplace? How does Gen Y interact with older generations?
How do you reach this new generation – appeal to them, motivate them and gain the most from them?
Workshop Agenda:
The Characteristics Of Generation Y (“The X-box Generation”)
• Characteristics of the “new talent” and their interaction with the world of work
Recruiting Generation Y
• How do we reach them?
• How do we assess them?
How To Get The Best From Generation Y – Development Re-Defined?
• The social network context
• Personalised learning and development is key
• Creative and visual vs traditional and text
Leading Generation Y
• Leadership styles in context
• Leadership vs management
About Your Expert Workshop Leader: |
Martin Plant is a specialist in Human Resource Development and is currently the Head of Staff Development at The University of Huddersfield, UK. Martin is charged with leading the training and development function within this modern university setting and is responsible for strategy and policy development relating to the HRD function and provision of learning and development opportunities for all employees ranging in role from Heads of Academic Departments and Researchers to Laboratory Technicians and Administrators.
Martin’s previous appointments include Deputy Director HRD, Tameside Acute Services, National Health Service, UK and Head of Staff Development at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK. Martin has worked as an Organisational Development Consultant in the UK public sector and has established his own consultancy business working in the UK and Middle East.