What Got You Here Won't Get You There: Leading the Next Generation in the Workplace

What got you

here won’t

get you thereLeading the next

generation in the workplace

Bill Sheridan, CAE

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Insights to Action

“One without the other is either useless or destructive.”

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What’s

driving

change?

1. Technology2. Globalization3. Demographics

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Ten trends to watch

1. Demographics

2. Globalization

3. Technology

4. Information security

5. Consumer power

6. Communication

7. Work-life integration

8. Information overload (“filter failure”)

9. Complexity of rules / standards

10.Economic uncertainty

The Shift Change1. Leadership

2. Learning

3. Technology

4. Generations

5. Workplace

The challenge and

opportunity is to make

the shift from the first

curve to the second

curve at the right time

and with the right

strategy

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Flexibility

Team cohesion

Collaboration

Supervisor support and

appreciation

A clear career path

Social responsibility

What do

millennials

want?

Tomorrow’s CPAs are:

• Proactive

• Flexible

• Collaborative

• Trustworthy

• Future-focused

• Balanced

• Technological

What’s

keeping

young CPAs

up at night?

Not enough time

Being reactive vs.

proactive

Talent development

Keeping up

Growth (and opportunity)

Doing more with less

Information overload

11 things young

professionals

want you to know

1. More collaboration.

2. More transparency.

3. Encourage initiative.

4. Focus on strengths.

5. Expect the unexpected.

6. Take time to save time.

7. Look beyond the billable hour.

8. Engage your team in your vision.

9. Be realistic.

10.Train your staff and expect

accountability.

11.Take a financial risk on leadership.

“We need to end

the war between

the generations,

because we need

each other more

than ever.”

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You there