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The marathon strategy

by Buddy Hobart | Posted on March 29th, 2016


At Solutions 21, we do a great deal of leadership development at all levels of an organization, from the C-Suite to relatively new and high-potential employees. At some point in our discussions, we nearly always come to the conversation of career planning and strategic career moves. For the C-Suite, they want to know how to mentor and guide new talent. For the new talent, they want to make the right strategic career choices.

Recently, I had a great conversation with a highly talented Millennial. This person is a true high-potential candidate in their firm. They have experienced significant early success and are now plotting some of their next strategic career moves.

It was from this conversation that I came to the realization that all leaders should be aware of the differences in strategy pertaining to one’s career that exists between the year 2016 and 2000 (or earlier… like 1980, in my case).

As it relates to all of our research around the generations, Millennials find themselves in a unique situation when it comes to career strategy. Every generation, including Millennials, have, for the most part, sprinted to age 25. By that I mean everything up until that point was fast-paced and temporary. For example, high school may have felt like forever, but it was only four years! The same goes for college. Everything was quick, had a short runway, and was in essence a sprint to the finish line.

However, Millennials have been born into the land of technology. They have access to information, opportunities, and inputs unheard of in previous generations. Therefore, it is a mistake for senior leaders to apply previous career strategies to this generation. Likewise, it is a mistake for Gen Y to fail to apply some timeless principles to a critical career decision.

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