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How can leaders adapt their mindset in order to connect with younger people?

Dive into this episode with Vivek Iyyani and Megan Nivens-Tannett! Vivek is an expert on millennial engagement in the workplace, focusing on innovative leadership strategies that appeal to younger generations. He emphasizes the need for leaders to adapt their approaches to effectively manage, inspire, and retain millennials. Megan shares her journey from a hospitality management graduate to a self-taught marketing professional who previously worked in various roles. Megan discusses the challenges and fears she faced while transitioning from a stable corporate job to starting her own business, highlighting her growth, learning to delegate, and the importance of asking questions.

In this episode:

• Vivek Iyyani talks about how leaders can connect with and retain younger generations in the workplace.
• Megan Nivens-Tannett discusses how she took a leap of faith and found success in her transition from corporate to self-taught business.

Main takeaways:

• Modern leadership requires adapting past strategies to better align with the aspirations and values of younger generations.
• Retaining millennial talent goes beyond financial incentives; it includes creating an experimental and failure-tolerant work culture.
• Embrace unexpected career paths; they can lead to fulfilling entrepreneurship.
• The transition from employment to starting a business can be daunting but transformative.

Quotes:

"Leadership is changing. And the way we lead with the younger generation has to also change in order to really keep them longer." - Vivek Iyyani

"It is the role of the leader to be the first to adapt. They want to see the change. And that's where I talk about all of these things to organizations; it's the leader's responsibility to effect change." - Vivek Iyyani

"You don't have to be everything to everybody." - Megan Nivens-Tannett

"I quickly had to check my ego at the door and realize what I was good at versus what I wasn't good at." - Megan Nivens-Tannett

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