By Tony
Deblauwe
Y-Size
Your Business: How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and Grow Your Business by Jason Dorsey
Retail:
$24.95
ISBN:
978-0470505564
The
generational shift in corporations is moving at a fevered pitch. Baby Boomers
are moving into retirement and the largest “bench” coming up the ranks is GenY.
Now more than ever businesses need to adapt to this population of workers and
potentially re-engineer their practices to leverage the talent for competitive
advantage. In Y-Size Your Business, Jason Dorsey outlines several techniques
that aim to do just that.
Dorsey
hits on all the key workplace characteristics I’ve come to know with GenY:
outcome driven, dependent on technology, easy to collaborate with in mixed
teams, and the expectation of being the driver and a nice payoff.
Interestingly, as a Gen Xer myself, many of these characteristics seem eerily
familiar. Regardless, there is a nuance to managing the Millennials because
they are prepared to deliver despite entering a workforce plagued with poor
economic conditions and radical shifts in business modeling.
Ultimately
Dorsey succeeds in outlining his management plan including such things as: make the first 30 days count, motivate their
latent talents to get the right discretionary effort, and my favorite -
building loyalty through leadership - which shows some management techniques
will always stay true classics regardless of the generation.
The
bottom line is we live in a 24/7, soundbyte culture. The Millennials thrive in
this environment and a talent development plan based on rules by committee,
slow decision-making process, cultural controls, and top-down management will
not empower this group. Communication delivered in steady streams backed up by
a solid plan and room to roam will capture the very best from GenY. If you’re
thinking about a resourcing plan that better attracts, and retains, this young
group of go-getters, read this book to help build a strategy that will yield
many returns.
For more
information visit www.jasondorsey.com.
