- On February 10, 2016
- By Michael
- Tags Advice, Business, Career, choice, Coaching, Commitment, Creativity, Education, Entrepreneur, focus, Goals, Ideas, Innovate, Inspiration, Milennials, motivation, Self-help, Small Business
Motivating Millennials Takes More than Flexible Work Policies
A 2015 Gallup Poll found that Millennials are the least engaged cohort in the workplace, with only 28.9% saying that they are engaged at work. This, combined with high turnover rates and greater freelance and entrepreneurial opportunities, means that if companies want to retain these valued workers, they will have to double their efforts to meet Millennials where they are.
A 2015 report on Millennials from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce emphasized flex-time as one way to do this — it found that three out of four Millennials reported that work-life balance drives their career choices. And many companies are indeed starting to offer flexible work schedules, work-from-home policies, and job appraisals based on outcomes and deliverables.
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