Team Building Sydney: 5 Simple

Ways to Motivate Millennials in Your Team

Millennials have a reputation for being fickle, entitled, and moving

from one company to the next. But regardless of what you feel

about them,

it is a fact of life that they will soon grow up, enter the work force, and

might even be a part of your company. So how do you motivate

and encourage them so they can live up to their potential? Here are some

nifty tips from team building Sydney experts.

Strategies

for Motivating Millennials in Your Team

Give them plenty of trust, autonomy,and creative freedom

Millennials are said to change jobs more often than most. However,

this doesn’t necessarily mean that they have no direction or they

don’t know loyalty. 

It is because in most cases, they have no patience for systems that

prevent them from unleashing their creativity and ability to innovate.

As such, to motivate millennials in your team, make sure to provide them with a work environment where they are free to innovate and make their own decisions.

Give them the flexibility to perform in a way that allows them to live up to their potential. And as much as

possible, do not micromanage them because it is one of the best ways to

scare them off.

 Let them know what you think

Although millennials crave freedom and flexibility, they also want to

know if they are doing things properly. As such, you should

provide them frequent feedback. 

Not only will this allow them to know what you think about their performance, it also gives them

accountability for every action or decision they make. When giving

feedback, ensure that they are constructive but without sugar

coating anything

Be authentic

Millennials value colleagues that are authentic and treat each other

with respect. They trust supervisors they can easily

approach and relate with. As such, you should never try hard to

impress them. Just be yourself. 

 If you are out of touch with millennial culture, don’t be

ashamed of yourself. Instead, you should just embrace it and not try

too hard to fit in with your younger team mates or employees. Believe it or not, they will like you more for it.

Focus more on relationships than on structure

Make the effort to bridge the gap between millennials and their older co-workers and supervisors. You can do it by implementing an open office

plan instead of having cubicles in your workplace. 

You can also provide them with more opportunities to socialise

with each other through social and team building events.

Always remember that millennials like to build strong interpersonal

relationships with their colleagues.

 As such, be sure to get rid of any barrier that will prevent

them from building meaningful relationships with other people.

Have Fun

Make it fun

Because millennials often consider their jobs as an extension of their

social community, you should try to create a work culture that

embraces fun.

If you’re going to organise a team building event, for instance, you

should make it fun and innovative, like the Sydney Amazing Race. This way, the millennials in your team are more likely to join and

participate in said events.

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