What Millennial Leaders Need to Know to Become Great Leaders
By 2025, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce. A growing millennial workforce means a growth in millennial management and leadership; but being a manager doesn’t necessarily mean strong leadership skills. At Pipette.com, we recognize that millennials are the future of management and we want to offer some advice to become leaders. Unfortunately for millennials, there tends to be a lot of scrutiny and skepticism about their leadership skills. However, by making themselves stand out as strong leaders, they can combat this stigma.
Define what success looks like: The leadership style will vary based on the company, so it’s important to decide what success looks like as a leader in each industry. This way, there won’t be any surprises when problems arise. Set up goals and action plans that will help you and you team be successful in the industry.
Develop necessary character skills: People will respect a millennial leader who is a visionary and an inspirational individual who has excellent interpersonal skills. This is the type of person people what to follow. Have a clear path of where you want to take your team and inspire people through new and innovative ideas. People will be more likely to want to follow you if you listen to and take their ideas into consideration.
Learn from mistakes: As a leader, you will fail. The important thing is to learn from your mistakes and not let it affect future endeavors. When in a leadership position, people will want to see how you handle failure and how it will make you better. A millennial’s goal is to show everyone that failures make them stronger.
Passion: Millennials want a company that is meaningful and fulfilling. Millennial leaders will do well to be truly passionate about the work they are doing. People will want to follow a leader when they feel like they are making a difference in the world, and that their work matters.
Overall, millennials will respect millennial leaders who put an emphasis on employee well being, and overall job satisfaction. People will respect leaders who are constantly learning from themselves and from others. If millennials keep expanding their leadership skills and styles, they will have loyal people to follow them into success.
