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The Generation Y CEO

<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ve all read about the uniuqe styles that millennial employees will bring to the workplace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But how will things change once they grow into management positions&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img style&equals;"float&colon; right" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;myblogguest&period;com&sol;forum&sol;uploads&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;5&sol;ceophone&period;png" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"200" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Soon there will be a changing of the guard in many companies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Generation Y is flooding the workplace and it&&num;8217&semi;s only a matter of time until some members become corporate leaders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Wall Street Journal recently estimated that millennials will comprise 40 percent of the workforce by 2020&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>which would make it the most populous generation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s no doubt that CEOs from Generation Y will look much different from their predecessors&period; Here are some examples&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>A focus on training<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>When millennials graduated from college&comma; they were greeted by a difficult job market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead of multiple opportunities&comma; new workers were lucky to find part-time positions to make ends meet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that members of Generation Y put emphasis on business skills training as result of their extended job searches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They also point out that training and mentorship are the most sought after benefits for young employees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As millennials climb the corporate ladder&comma; they will be able to make on-boarding a prominent fixture in their companies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This enhanced focus on training will lead to a stronger workforce than in previous generations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Unconventional Methods<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Corporate standards and traditions do not mean much to Generation Y&period; While baby boomers prefer regular practices&comma; the future CEOs will change how everyday business is conducted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For instance&comma; Digital Media Zone recently reported that Chris Bryson&comma; the Gen-Y CEO of Unata&comma; conducted an interview over a game of ping pong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news source writes that this conference was &&num;8220&semi;unconventional&comma;&&num;8221&semi; but similar approaches will likely be taken by Bryson and his ilk in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Millennials don&&num;8217&semi;t want work to feel like a chore &&num;8211&semi; they want to enjoy themselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They are also more likely to prefer open office environments as oposed to individual offices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As CEOs become younger&comma; companies will begin to adopt tactics that do not have much in common with traditional corporate procedures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A millennial CEO will have unique approaches to paid vacation&comma; time management and conducting meetings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They won’t spend all of their time working at the office and they probably won’t put a limit on time off&period;  Meetings won’t have to take place on site or via travel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead&comma; there will be virtual gatherings online using tools like Skype&period;  This brings us to our last example&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Technology Reigns<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Think about it&&num;8230&semi;Generation Y was the first generation to grow up with computers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the 1990&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; schools began teaching digital literacy&comma; so millennials are well-versed in most forms of technology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s been a part of their daily lives for a very long time and they don&&num;8217&semi;t know how to live without it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Young workers are not gadget-shy&comma; and that trend will likely continue once the new CEOs take charge&period; Cellphones and even tablets are already becoming a key part of business culture&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Youthful employees understand the benefits of staying on the cutting edge of technology&comma; so companies will likely lean heavily on digital tools in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5>Featured images&colon;<&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"license">License&colon; Royalty Free or iStock<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"source">source&colon; www&period;istock&period;com<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Scott Murray is the Social Learning Evangelist for TrainUp&period;com&comma; the web’s largest career marketplace&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>  He is also a contributor to the <&sol;em><em>Training Insights Blog<&sol;em><em>&comma; a series of blogs dedicated to career and professional development&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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