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Uncovering the Secret to Harnessing Millennial Workers

Millennials are taking over the marketplace and the workplace, and CEOs need to know how to deal with both of these inexorable trends as baby boomer consumers ease off on their spending and 50-something employees begin leaving their companies in droves.

Millennials “need to have projects that are meaningful and have impact,” Edelman wrote. “They want to work on teams that get stuff done. As a group of workers, they are not interested in managing back-office processes or funneling approvals.”

“Millennials want to work on teams that get stuff done. They are not interested in managing back-office processes or funneling approvals.”

In fact, about 80% of millennials believe the sole purpose of a company should be about more than making money, according to a recent webcast in the Microsoft Workplace series. “They believe businesses are part of both the problems and the solutions and we should try to make them better,” David Burstein, author of Fast Future, said on the webcast.

How to attract them? “It’s really about a sense of meaning,” Burstein said. Mirroring Edelman, millennials “want to be doing work that is purposeful … and also feel like they’re having a meaningful personal experience.” The employers and jobs that most attract and retain this generation provide at least one of those two important elements, he said.

Millennials also tend to believe that their employers should be as transparent and open as possible throughout the business. They’re not always sure what they, themselves, mean by that. And this generation of younger workers is learning, like their predecessors, that there are crucial business advantages in keeping certain things to yourselves. But they’re always pressuring upper management to push the envelope.


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Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:

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Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns.  They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning.  Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process.  This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented.  If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form.  The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

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Women in Leadership Seminar and Peer Discussion

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations. 

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General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.

The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.

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