The millennial difference: Motivating the newest employee cohort

As more and more people from the millennial generation (those born after 1980) enter the workforce, employers are faced with the need to understand - and sometimes adapt to - the attitudes, skills and expectations they bring to the workplace.

The millennial difference: Motivating the newest employee cohort

Chris Warren

When Aaron McDaniel was in high school, there were times when he knew his father thought he was a slacker. And frankly, McDaniel's dad had good reason to wonder about his son's seriousness as a student. "He would walk in when I was studying for a test," recalls McDaniel, who is now 29 years old and the author of The Young Professional's Guide to the Working World. "I would be sitting on my bed talking on the phone with music on in the background while simultaneously IMing a...

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