Having a different way of thinking and approach to work is no longer the preserve of Millennials. Instead there is a growing number of employees who are starting to question the traditional paradigms of where, when and how they work. Employees who have a more values led approach to work, are more socially conscious and embrace technology. A group of employees that is growing exponentially in number within the workplace that are influenced by technology and learning from the Millennials they work with instead of getting annoyed by them or feeling threatened by them. I refer to t ..read more

There is a new breed of employee becoming established in the workplace. They learn and communicate in a different way, with a growing emphasis on collaboration. They question the traditional paradigms of where, when and how they work. They have a more values led approach to work and a more socially conscious way of thinking. But why? Due to the impact of technology. Technology has shrunk the globe, made information freely available, altered how we communicate and fundamentally changed people’s behaviour. Initially it was Millennials who demonstrated this ‘new’ behaviour as they ..read more

Millennials. Gen-Y. The Net Generation. However you refer to them, they are individuals that were born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s and by 2025 will represent 75% of the global workforce, meaning in the coming years they will have a significant influence on how the world is run. As such, it is important for business leaders to understand how Millennials think and behave, especially if they want their businesses to be relevant to the future of their workforce. As a Millennial myself, I have witnessed first hand a disconnect between how I wanted to work and the workplace ..read more

Time and again I keep seeing an increasing amount of articles about Millennials/Gen-Y and how we are all so different to the generations above us. Some have been positive but a large number have been quite disparaging, but probably the most famous (and balanced) article around this subject is the TIME cover story of the MEMEME generation, with the comment, “They are narcissistic, overconfident, entitled and lazy, but they just might be new Greatest Generation.” However, despite all this talk about Millennials, I have long struggled with the idea that the year we were ..read more

In addition to culture and salary, personal development ranks very highly as one of the key reasons why Millennials choose to work and stay with an employer. Despite this, many businesses still adopt very outdated ways of developing their employees and wonder why they are having such a high staff turnover and are unable to attract the best modern thinking talent. To ensure you stay on top of your modern employee development, below are five essential approaches you should adopt: 1. Remove standardised and centralised corporate training Many businesses, particularly larger ones, opera ..read more

The sad reality is that most of us spend our week at work and when you factor in commuting as well, it leaves very little time to do other things that are important to us. Therefore, with such a large amount of time committed to work it should come as no surprise that Millennials want to make sure that their time is spent doing something meaningful. This is why 100% of Millennials in the Millennial Mindset survey said they wanted the company they worked for to stand for something that was more than just making money. I can relate with this sentiment, as I strongly believe that ..read more

With so much of your time committed to work whether this is travelling to work, being at work or thinking about how you are going to meet that looming deadline, it becomes a key part of your life. The trouble is that when you spend such a significant amount of time on one thing it becomes part of your identity whether you like it or not, meaning that the reputation of who you work for and what you do has a direct impact on your own personal reputation. This is why 96% of Millennials said their company’s reputation is important when considering if they want to work (or not) for a cer ..read more

My name is Adam Henderson and I am the Founder of the Millennial Mindset, which started out as a passion project back in 2015 exploring the changing mindset of employees in relation to the world of work and their lives surrounding it. The Millennial Mindset is the result of spending my entire career feeling as though the world of work is fundamentally broken in that it did not seem to reflect the world and attitudes I grew up in. As a Millennial myself (someone born between the early 1980's and mid-late 1990s), I started my professional career in 2006 (which means I could be describ ..read more