Leadership, Turnover, and Millennials

Someone recently suggested to me that training the more recent workforce generations in leadership skills would solve the cross-generational communication challenge. While you would likely never find me disagreeing with workforce training, it has to be the right training, at the right time, and in the right quantity. Of course, it also has to be high quality.

Unfortunately, as quickly as someone suggests leadership training, someone else can make argument against it. It’s common to hear that leadership training may set unrealistic expectations for job promotions or role changes, and should those expectations not be met, it increases employee turnover. That can happen, but it shouldn’t.

Leadership training is not about here is the button, and this is how you push it. Leadership is completely different, because leadership only develops when someone decides it is important to start leading. It isn’t about millennials any more than it is about boomers. In reality, it is more about choice, it should be about a choice for the organization, and it is always about a choice for the individual.

Leadership training shouldn’t be about people leaving, but it might be about why people are staying.  

– DEG

Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker, and coach that specializes in helping businesses and individuals accelerate their leadership, their team, and their success. He is the author of the newly released book, Forgotten Respect, Navigating A Multigenerational Workforce. Reach him through his website at DennisEGilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.

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