Welcome to the inaugural episode of IT Life Radio. IT Life is dedicated to all things that matter to IT professionals including career advice, management issues, gaming, new technology and "geek lifestyle." Every Wednesday at 3PM ET we'll have a special guest to talk about one of these topics.
If you believe the hype, millennials are whiny, entitled, social media addicts that can't make a decision without including a group of a thousand. And when they do, they expect a participation trophy for doing it. They are also 53 percent of the workforce so like it or not, you're going to have to deal with them.
Bill Grady, IBM Brand Strategist, says you should like it. According to IBM's study, "Myths, Exaggerations, and Uncomfortable Truths" Millennials aren't all that different from the rest of us. The study goes into the habits and beliefs of all the generations in the workplace and we're more alike than we sometimes like to admit.
Grady will help us:
Sort fact from fiction about Millennials in the workplace.How to integrate them into your workplaceHow to be a better manager (or co-worker) regardless of generation.
Bill Grady is Brand Strategist, IBM Corporate Headquarters. Bill is an award-winning designer and inventor with nine US patents issued and pending. He is currently focused on establishing IBM Watson as an essential worldwide brand. Bill lives in New York City, where he is an MBA candidate in the class of 2016 at NYU.