Published in Thrive Global – January 3, 2019

Excerpt from “Leadership’s Perfect Storm: What Millennials Are Teaching Us about Possibilities, Passion and Purpose” ….. by Susan Inouye

With a worldview radically different from their forebears, millennials are changing the ways we approach our lives and our work—including how we learn and how we lead.

By challenging the status quo, this generation of disrupters, without necessarily even knowing it, is pushing us to learn in ways we never envisioned or wished for—learning that’s in sync with the twenty-first century. Think about it. As parents, we learn from our kids, especially when they surprise us with unexpected behaviors. As teachers, we learn from our students, especially from their questions and reactions. As managers and would-be leaders, we learn about ourselves when challenged by the mindsets that Gen Y and Gen Z bring to the workplace. Reflect on a time at work when you experienced personal growth. I’ll wager it wasn’t when you tried to fix others; on the contrary, it was probably when you were open to learning from someone else. In fact, those who challenge us most teach us the most.