Getting Ready for Millennials to Run the World

In March we hosted an exciting event titled: Getting Ready for Millennials to Run the World – in partnership with our good friends at Dominican University’s Business Edge Briefing Breakfast and North Bay Leadership Council.

We invited a panel of experts who shared invaluable insights about Millennials and how, as business leaders, we can learn to leverage their talents, skills, and interests to develop an effective workforce.

Big thanks to our panelists for their time and contributions:

Cynthia Murray, President/CEO, North Bay Leadership Council
Craig Nelson, Chairman of the Board, Nelson Family of Companies
Rekha Schipper, President, Tangram Insurance Services
Musa Akbari, Head of Research and Operations, Stanton Chase

Cynthia Murray laid out the groundwork with a series of facts and figures that established the greater context for our conversation. Rekha Schipper shared best practices in leadership through a personal account of what it’s like to manage the next generation in the workforce. And Craig Nelson examined key industry trends and urged the audience to follow-up with Simon Sinek’s illuminating talk on Millennials. Check out Simon’s and these other links for more further discussions on Millennials:

Simon Sinek – Millennials in the Workplace (video)
Scott Hess – Millennials: Who They Are & Why We Hate Them (video)
Ernesto Sirolli – The Millennial Revolution (video)
John Zogby – How Millennials Are Changing Everything (video)
Jack Dorsey – What Do We Know About the Generation After Millennials? (video)
Kristen Hadeed – The Millennial Myth (video)
Keevin O’Rourke – How To Make Millennials Want To Work For You (video)
Dan Schawbel – 74 of The Most Interesting Facts About Millennials (article)
National Chamber Foundation – Research Review – The Millennial Generation (pdf)

Musa Akbari engaged the attendees with insights from a Millennial perspective, discussing a fundamental quality of this generation: The Platinum Rule. You can view his speech below: