[…] in particular, the millennials. Here’s the simple question – how do we encourage the youngest generation working in the office, to do more giving outside the office? Millennial Giving Needs to Peer-Focused Let me take you back, two years ago, to October 2014. I’m sitting in my living room with a few friends, fellow […]
[…] write a lot about millennials in the workplace, those 16-36 year-olds who have so engaged our social narrative. And I typically begin with the same story that many millennial speakers around the country do. I explain that millennials generally are young, self-promoting, purpose-driven, team-oriented and job transient. They want more technology in their organizations. They seek […]
Last year, I wrote an article offering professionalism tips to Millennial attorneys. The feedback was terrific, but some of the responses pointed out that Millennials aren’t always first or second year attorneys. Instead many, like myself, have been practicing for almost 10 years. What they need now isn’t advice on how to start out. […]
As a millennial, I often hear the same complaint from my fellow millennial women lawyers: “Why is it so hard to find a female mentor?” Digging deeper, there are often two complaints. The first: there aren’t any female partners at my firm. The second: OK, yes, there are some female partners at my firm, […]
[…] surveyed Millennials across the globe. It found that 50% of respondents were already in leadership positions with 41% of them having 4 or more direct reports. Yes, millennial leadership is already here. Second, Baby Boomers are retiring. And while there are many Gen Xers ready to take over leadership roles, there are far fewer […]
[…] to what the social commentary is on workplace millennials – they want flexibility, leadership, integration, collaboration – and have adjusted accordingly. But that was for last year’s millennial attorney. What about the 2017 millennial, the one being sworn in on Thursday? Over the past year, our nation, and our world, have undergone some dramatic […]
[…] same that’s been outsourced for years – the work done by young attorneys, the 20-something to 30-something Millennials. It’s ironic (in the Alanis Morissette sense) since these Millennial attorneys are often the ones advocating for new legal technology in their offices. Millennial attorneys have been aboard every technological change that has taken place in […]
[…] further. The Boomer partner is likely used to plugging in his hours in the office and ensuring his job is complete before leaving to go home. The Millennial associate is used to balancing her social life and her work life to the best of her abilities, without letting one interfere with the other. The […]
Earlier this week, two elder stateswomen of the Millennial generation offered some career advice suitable for women lawyers: when you can’t beat ‘em, transform the game. On Tuesday night, Serena Williams played her older sister Venus for the 27th time, officially, on a tennis court. And amidst all the chatter about age and family […]
[…] overseas family. But before I could even say, “Hello,” my Baby Boomer mother says, “Michelle! What is wrong with your generation?” Welcome to the beginning of my Millennial journey. Talking About the Four Generations In the Workplace Over the past three years, I’ve written about Millennials, Xers, Boomers and Traditionalists in the legal workplace. I’ve talked […]
[…] professions are beholden to the whims of the client, and every question has to be answered immediately — but it probably doesn’t.” Therein lies the challenge for Millennial workplace leaders. Technology makes it absurdly easy to work 24/7. Client and partner demands may seem to make it necessary. But as every generation continues to […]
[…] diversity of the industry, and reducing the quality of legal services. Finally, student debt generally (not only law school debt) is a crucial reason many in the Millennial generation are unable to move on from their parents’ protection. For example, in October, the Federal Reserve released a study indicating that student debt may be […]
