Millennials are often the topic of conversation in business boardrooms and church committee meetings without having much representation in the room. While Millennials make up over one-third of the workforce in the U.S., you probably won’t find them in top leadership positions or executive boardrooms. Instead, the average age for C-suite member roles (CEO, CFO, COO) is 54 years old.
Read MoreIn their book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church, authors Kara Powell, Brad Griffin, and Jake Mulder studied churches that were highly successful in engaging emerging generations. They define keychain leaders as “pastoral and congregational leaders who are acutely aware of the keys on their keychain; and intentional about entrusting and empowering all generations, including teenagers and emerging adults, with their own set of keys” (53).
Read MoreWith Millennials making up the largest generation in the workforce with 1 out 3 workers born between 1981 and 1996, chances are that your church already employs a Millennial on its staff. You might even have a Millennial as your boss or ministry supervisor
Read MoreIt’s common for church leaders to complain about a small set of issues with their millennial staff members. What are these issues, and how can we address them? Being able to adapt our “traditional” styles to create working cultures where millennials not only fit but also thrive is critical to the health and impact of the church moving forward.
Read MoreInstead of fretting so much about how small is the number of millennials in your church, spend your time deeply engaging the millennials you do have. Based on the data, you would likely be wise to engage them in small groups, mission work, and opportunities for mentoring.
Read MoreLeaders, manager, supervisors, etc. can make all the difference in the world within the teams they lead simply by looking employees and co-workers in the eye, speaking clearly and be specific with a ‘thank you.’ Here are 20 ways you can thank the Millennials where you work, live or play:
Read MoreA few months ago we surveyed 100 millennials and asked them, “What are the most important traits in a leader that you would want to follow?”
Read MoreA few months ago we surveyed 100 millennials and asked them, “What are the most important traits in a leader that you would want to follow?” As you can imagine we had a wide range of responses.
Read MoreWe surveyed 100 Millennials and asked them, “What are the most important traits in a leader that you would want to follow?” As you can imagine we had a wide range of responses. We distilled the many responses down to these key 15 traits of leaders that Millennials want to follow.
Read MoreWhich of these characteristics of Millennial leadership do you possess? Which areas represent places for personal growth?
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