Millennials Will Lead You: What Do You Do? - Wes Gay

1. Millennials Will Lead You:
What Do You Do?
Wes Gay
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2. Most people hate talking
about millennials
Including millennials

4. The volume is out of hand
Time: 1,925
New York Times: 2,266
Forbes: 13,931
Google: 78,600,000

5. Applying global statements to
unique individuals will fail
every time

6. So who are the millennials?

7. The Nonsense
• “Anyone under 40 you don’t like”
• Liberals
• Hipsters
• Entitled
• Lazy
• Job hoppers

8. The Nonsense
• “Millennials are killing the cereal industry”
New York Times
• “Millennials are killing the golf industry”
Business Insider
• “Millennials are killing the napkin industry”
Business Insider

9. Reality
• Born 1980 – 1996 (Pew Research)
• Nearly 80 million in the U.S.
• Largest single generation in the U.S
• 50 million between 28-38
• 85% of births in recent years to millennial moms

10. 1. Embrace Reality

11. Discover who the millennials are
in your company, not just what
the internet says

12. 2. Embrace Flexibility

13. “Freelance flexibility
with fulltime stability”
2017 Deloitte Millennial Survey

14. 3. Embrace Community

15. Community happens when we
lead with empathy, build
connections, and develop
relationships.

16. 4. Embrace Generosity

17. “Knowledge is no longer the
currency of leadership”
Matt Schuyler,
Chief HR Officer, Hilton

18. 5. Embrace Technology

19. Go beyond the tech itself.
Be the one who shows how tech
can be used ethically and with
integrity.

20. Doing this well requires
one thing

21. Be the guide.

22. Be the guide.

23. Millennials Will Lead You:
What do you do?
Wes Gay
wes@wesgay.com
@wesgay