Motivating the Millennial Knowledge Worker
Motivating the Millennial Knowledge Worker
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Go to cartISBN: 9788130918525
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2012
Pages: 260
Size: 152 x 228 mm
Publisher: Crisp Learning
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
They've been called Generation-Y. They've been called Echo Boomers. They may go by different names, but there's no debate about their affect on business. They are the fastest growing segment of your employees population. They've been trained to use their heads more than their hands to solve problems. And it will take a new set of leadership skills to understand their perspective on work and motivate them to succeed.
Motivating the Millennial Knowledge Worker begins with definitions about the generation and their style of work and then covers valuable insights you can use right away. You'll learn how to:
• Help Millennials achieve the work/life balance they seek
• Understand how challenges and purpose act as a motivators
• Balance the use of recognition, reward and respect effectively
• Use training and technology to achieve business goals
Contents:
Part 1: Flexibility and Work/Life Balance • Getting Started • Flexibility and Work/Life Balance: Not New Concepts • Perspectives on Flexibility and Work/Life Balance • Proactive Strategies Supporting Flexibility and Work/Life Balance • Flexibility and Work/Life Balance: Examples • Part 2: Multidimensional Millennial Growth Opportunities • Getting Started • Multidimensional Growth Opportunities as Non-Negotiable Requirements • Reconciling Millennial Growth Opportunities with Knowledge Organizations • Millennial Leadership Opportunities and Multidimensional Career Growth • Part 3: Fun and Social Interaction • Getting Started • Fun and Social Interaction: Important Motivational Factors • Managers and HR Professionals Need to Employ "Millennial Fun" Strategies • Managers and HR Professionals Need to Increase Millennial Social Interaction • Fun and Social Interaction: Examples • Part 4: Purpose, Contribution, and Challenging Work • Getting Started • New Rules for Employment: Placing Millennials in Perspective • The Millennials• Need to Make and Be Recognized for their Contributions • The Manager's Role in Motivating Millennials as Contributors • Challenging Work: Global, National, and Organizational Issues • Part 5: Establishing and Sustaining Effective Communication • Getting Started • The Importance of Establishing and Sustaining Effective Communication • Strategies and Tactics • Collaboration Technologies • Part 6: The Three R's: Recognition, Reward, and Respect • Getting Started • Generational Factors • Recognition for the Millennial Knowledge Worker • Applying Reward Strategies • The Third R: Respect • Part 7: Learning, Training, and Technology • Getting Started • The Forces Shaping America's Economy • Knowledge Has Become the Important Factor in Economic Life • A Paradigm Shift From 20th-Century Training to 21st-Century Learning • Millennials and Their Unique Learning Preferences • Learning and Training Recommendations • Part 8: Pay for Performance • Getting Started • Money as a Driver of Superior Performance • Beyond the Performance Appraisal • Identifying Strategies for Providing Financial Rewards for Knowledge • A Pay-for-Performance Initiative • Appendix • Appendix Overview • Implementing Your Action Plan • Introducing the TIP•M Methodology
About the Author:
Dr. Shandler is president of Shandler Associates, a consulting firm that focuses on managing and motivating Millennials and assisting technical experts in transitioning into management and leadership roles. He has extensive experience working with multigenerational learners and knowledge workers in corporate, government, university, and association settings.
Holding a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, Shandler serves on the Board of Directors for the Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board, the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Instructional Systems Design Graduate Program. He is an alumnus of Leadership Fairfax and a recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Committee Chairperson Award from the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce.
Previous books include From Technical Specialist to Supervisor, Reengineering the Training Function: How to Align Training with the New Corporate Agenda, and Competency and the Learning Organization. Further, he has presented seminars and speeches on these and other relevant topics nationwide.
