Managing the Millennials

many of the Millennials who are promoted into management get the invite because they appear different from their peers—more mature. They take an interest in their superiors and are able to reach up and make a connection. Therefore, they draw the attention and favor of the older generations. We found that approximately one in five Millennials take the initiative to connect with their superiors

much of the generational tension in the workforce is due to the Millennials’ desire to make their mark or imbue their values in the workplace

Each age cohort tends to develop its own characteristic patterns of attitudes and expectations about what is and is not possible to achieve in life, about what is good and what is bad, and about whom to trust and what to fear

the events that register most strongly during adolescence and early adulthood have the greater impact or influence in one’s life

memories of important political events and social changes are structured by age, and that adolescence and early adulthood is the primary period for generational imprinting in the sense of sociopolitical memories

Collective memories is a term used to describe memories of a shared past that are retained by members of a group, large or small, that experienced it

All events are social markers that frame life experience and shape values, beliefs, and attitudes

People who experience a sociological context at a similar age are likely to forge a perspective or mind-set that stays with them throughout their entire life

In Life Course Theory, demographers, historians, developmental psychologists, and sociologists look for cohort effects

Builders, Baby Boomers, and GenX(ers) can easily and readily identify what is different between their age cohort and others