How is Generation Y changing traditional leadership and business models?
A new generation of tech-savvy employees, with expectations for constant and open connectivity and a radically different professional life, is entering the workforce – and enlightened management will provide this “Generation Y” with the right collaborative environment if it is to fulfil its business potential. That was the message from Kevin Eyres, European managing director of business social networking service, LinkedIn, to IT and business leaders at Fujitsu’s latest Executive Discussion Evening (EDE) in London. “Trust your employees,” he urged. “You know you’re hiring the best people, so give them the right tools and let them flourish, because collaboration is really going to be the way forward. Generation Y is starting to show us that.” The “born digital” generation expect freedom of access to information and the knowledge-sharing and collaboration that goes with that – both inside and outside the organisation – he continued. “It’s what they grew up with; if we try to take that awa
