For Manager: Are you leading your young staff right?

People complain about post-90s on their instability and lack of persistence but they have not realized the mind-set towards work and career has been changed and the same management style cannot be applied to the new comers.



Post-90s and even 00s will be the major working forces in the future and the competitiveness of those companies that maintain their usual practice will be hindered for no doubt.

It is common that fresh graduates will work for those hands-on and operational tasks in their first full-time job, which are repetitive and you could master how to do it in the first few times. Please also be understood that they do not come here to be your machines and repeat the procedures but to contribute and learn.

Yes, I do think the learning is so little from doing those boring tasks and I despise them. I know I am not credible for doing higher level jobs but there some feedback I would like all managers leading youth staff to hear, though you might not agree:

1. Help them to formulate the blueprint
I fully understand that the tedious and time-consuming tasks are necessary but please, let your young staff know why it is important, what is the meaning of doing them and the values. Let them see the progress that they are advancing in their career and they will not be responsible for those tasks forever. Let them know they can move along the ladder.

2. Build ownership
Let them know they are part of the team. Give them more responsibilities and authorize the make decision and bare the consequences. This is how a person learned and grew. Make them to work for something bigger than themselves, let them see the impact of their works so that they are willing to sacrifice to work for you. Don't treat them as a burden that requires you to oversee and monitor but a stone that can turn into diamond upon polishing.