For the past few years I have been researching, reading and studying on how to hire — and then manage — the millennial generation. More importantly, what do millennials need to do to be successful? Here are eight true-and-tried recommendations:
1) Study. Read about people who had your job/position, or worked on a similar project. Read about it. Study it. And then read and study some more. You can't learn through osmosis. Believe me, I tried. There are no shortcuts. For over two decades I have read at least two books each month in the evenings on topics that help me with my job. Instead of playing video games all night, read.
Late last year, NBP ran monthly themes on immigration (October) and religious pluralism (December) in which we celebrated the great cultural and religious variety in American society. Our coverage of immigration and pluralism was rooted in our traditional understanding of "diversity" as a celebration of various ethnic and religious traditions within the context of our greater American culture — as part of the concept of e pluribus unum (out of many one). This month, we explore today's fashionable conception of "diversity" as a buzz-word for the prioritization of group identity.
