Not Everyone Gets a Trophy
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NOT EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY
Debbie Waite
Academic Advisor, NDFS
February 16, 2012
Quick Generational Review
Born 1922-1943
Silent Generation or Schwarzkopf Generation
Born 1946-1964
Baby Boomers
Generational Review
Generation X – 1965-1980
Millennials or Generation Y
Born 1980-2000
Generations…….
Two other historical issues
Birth control pill
Child development research – 1970 - 1990
Self-Esteem Curriculum
Feeling good about yourself
Advice centers on self
Don’t correct children’s mistakes
Instead of “failed” they have “deferred
success”
Competition is bad for self-esteem
Pizza parties for all who pass
Consequences
of Self-Esteem Curriculum
Respect for others has declined
Grade inflation
Children don’t need to learn
Kids who can’t take criticism (thin-skinned)
Self-esteem not linked to good grades
More likely to be violent and to cheat
Self-esteem without basis encourages
laziness rather than hard work
The Incredibles
Everybody's Super
Strengths of Gen Y
Can be very loyal – but not blind loyalty
Will work for credit
The information generation
More strengths
Will hit the ground running
Want impact
Want to learn
Want flexibility
Managers must provide:
Record of their successes.
Details of how to do their job very well.
Understanding of career path
Salary and benefits plus……
Respect is a 2 way street
Managers understand:
Learn best from a combination of technology
and the human element –
Gen Y can be a long-term employee, one day
at a time
Focus on Self
Authority questioned routinely –
Customize anything and everything
Instantaneous responses and constant
change
Transactional authority
Focuses on the basic management process of
controlling, organizing, and short-term
planning.
Gen Y - Transactional Authority
Leader utilizes followers self-interest for
leader’s goals and purposes
Gen Y flips it
Customize
Gen Yers want to customize their very minds,
bodies, and spirits.
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Customize a degree?
“I want a degree that covers organic
gardening and nutrition because the whole
system is wrong – we are sick because we
don’t grow our food right…. I want it online
and accessible to my rural location and I can’t
understand why USU doesn’t provide it?”
Change
“Constant change means you can’t count on
anything to stay the same. But this doesn’t
make Gen Yers feel nostalgic. Rather, it makes
them feel liberated to abandon what bores
them, embrace new things wholeheartedly,
and reinvent themselves constantly.”
Academia – SLOW CHANGE
We have a problem:
What happens when academia meets
Generation Y?
TRAIN WRECK!
There is Hope!
Gen Y can be managed. Here are some tips:
Use transactional authority to your
advantage.
More Tips
Clear expectations and clear rewards
It may not be money.
Example:
Daniel has multiple jobs.
Research experience
medical school
The importance of context
Factors that are beyond their control
Natural disasters, etc. that limit their potential
role.
Where they fit in the larger picture
Customer versus employee/student
Motivation
External – constant external rewards
Internal – motivated for personal reasons
Carol Dweck on Praise
Person praise
Process praise
Setbacks –
Learned helplessness
Across the desk
Ice cream sandwich
Praise the process
Checklists with clear expectations
Look for the transaction –
Find the underlying interest
Negotiate where you can.
Stand strong and clear where you can’t.
Train them to do their own work
What’s Next
Gen Y and a slow economy
Work habits
Entitlement
Parental support –
Definiti0n of success
Global economy ?
References
Reference
Reference: Journal Article
Kamins, M. L. and Dweck, C. S. 1999. Person
versus process praise and criticism:
implications for contingent self-worth and
coping. Developmental Psychology, 35:3, pp.
835-847.