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Millennials? Oh, my.

We’ve been working on a editorial package at work about the new management issues around those born after 1980 — the so-called “millennials.” I take all groupthink descriptions of a generation with a grain of salt, since I remember the silly stuff propounded about Generation X. Still and all, I do wonder about those crazy kids and their rock-and-roll music. It’s hard not to look for differences.

UPDATE: Did an interview with MarketWatch Radio on May 16 about this topic. The big takeaway (subject to Steve Potisk’s editing) is that the millennials respect leadership not position. And this tends to piss people off. BNET blogger Sean Silverthorne has a post about the resulting unhappy Generation X workers that has really struck a chord.