Working With Gen Y Hbr Final

Working with Generation Y Integrating recent college graduates into your work place and team

Adnan Siddiqui, PE, President Engineered Project Services LLC

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My Background o

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11 years of experience in various engineering and construction project leadership roles. Very interested in attracting and retaining new engineers to the projects industry. Authored article on “Web 2.0 Tools for Chemical Engineers” in March issue of Chemical Engineering. Forthcoming article in Hydrocarbon Processing on how to cut engineering costs without impacting your ability to deliver future projects. Founded Engineered Project Services LLC to develop ConcepSys™

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Agenda o o o o o

Who is Generation Y? What defines Generation Y? Generation Y in your workplace Attracting and retaining Generation Y HBR Case Study

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Generation Y o o o o

Born 1978 to 2003 Started graduating college around 2000 76 million Millenials

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Generation Y’s Defining Moments o

TMT Explosion n n n

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Technology Media Telecommunication

Economic boom of the 90s Web 2.0 in the 00’s Economic collapse of 2008?

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Technology! Technology! Technology! Examples n

Internet o o o o

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Email Web Classic Web 2.0 Instant messaging

Cell phones Electronic media (TiVo, Hulu, etc.)

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Generation Y’s Aspirations o

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Myth or reality?

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Generation Y side Engineer side

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Generation Y in Your Workplace o o o

Very low ratio In entry level roles How many do you interact with on a daily basis in your job? n n n n

1 2 3 More than 3!

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Generation Y and You o

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Email, IM, SMS

Work hours Your technology sophistication = your intelligence? n

Do you must have a Mac laptop and iPhone?

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Attracting Generation Y o

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Vault.com Wetfeet.com Facebook o o

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Proactive – Deloitte Careers Fan Site Indifferent

YouTube

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Interview team demographics

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Training Generation Y o o o

Rotation programs Mentorship programs Use online training

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Retaining Generation Y o

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Expectations Tools Challenges

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Retaining Generation Y o

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Choosing where and when to work o

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No rescheduling of meetings

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Rapid response expected

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Asynchronous with different locations and times

On-the-job, on-demand training

Reverse mentoring

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“Gen Y in the Workforce” Case Discussion o o

Harvard Business Review, February 2009 Case Case background n n n

Film studio with 3 new Gen Y hires Marketing dept led by 37 year-old: Sarah New hire, Josh, Gen Y, works for Sarah.

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<> Josh does so-so job on immediate assignment for Sarah to develop his own ideas. <> Sarah frustrated with poor quality work and end-run. Josh complains about Sarah to other Gen Ys in his company

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Do you know a Josh? Do you know a Sarah? Have you encountered a similar situation? What should Sarah do? What should Josh do?

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“Gen Y in the Workforce” Case Discussion o

Ron Alsop – Author of “The Trophy Kids Grow Up: …..” n

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Josh’s behavior is typical in terms of not respecting the corporate pecking order Sarah should reaffirm lines of authority while addressing Josh’s concerns Sarah may need to indulge Josh but not become a baby sitter or parent Encourage face to face communication over pure electronic communication

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Sarah should not get angry but rather commend Josh for initiative Provide more feedback to Generation Y

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Josh is reaffirming Gen Y stereotypes Gen Y have outsize expectations about what an employer could and should do for them Looking for paycheck and not a career in terms of employment Josh’s behavior is wrong. He is jeopardizing team success by not doing the best job on current assignment. Sarah also needs to change her behavior and investigate Josh’s ideas.

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Gen Y is joining the work force so companies must learn how to rapidly integrate them into productive teams.

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What is ConcepSys? n

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For process and project engineers who are frustrated with the time wasted in synchronizing data between hand calculations and various computer tools, ConcepSys is an integrated front-end design system. Unlike the complex design suites from Aspen, Intergraph, and Bentley, ConcepSys combines flow diagrams, 3D layout, and equipment data in one easy to use interface so you can evaluate more options faster time during early design.

Checkout demo of ConcepSys at: http://www.engineeredprojects.com/