Sue Scheff: Teen Employees – How can you encourage them?
Sarah Newton, like myself (except I am not a Coach), promotes parents being educated with raising today’s teens. She recently found great tips for leading teen employees. Does your teenager have a part-time job? Take some time to learn about how you can encourage them. It is important to build self confidence as well as teach responsibility.
Source: Your Gen Y Guide
Working with young employees.
Just found these great tips on how to lead young employees and I thought they were so great I wanted to share them. How many of these mistakes are you making?
1. The threat of being fired only goes so far:
For most teens, being fired doesn’t hold the same sway as it does for an older worker. Why? Because, most teens’ primary motivator is to earn money that they don’t “need.” Even teens who work to help support the family don’t feel the same burden of responsibility as their parents. So, if you are a “leader” (or “tyrant,” you pick) who relies on this to motivate your people, then you and teens will probably not work out.
2. Encourage socialization at work:
As was mentioned before, friends and family are incredibly important to this age group. What that means for you, the leader, is that the more attached teens are to the people who make up your organization, the more incentive they have to work hard and to be professional. You can help accomplish this by encouraging socialization (at responsible levels) at work. Having friends at work is probably the most powerful motivator there is in getting teens to come in and work hard.
3. Really mentor them:
The reality is that, most of the time, you and your organization will be your teen workers’ “first rodeo.” Since they lack any significant experience with the work world, you are going to have to mentor them on things like professionalism and acceptable behaviour at work. If you don’t, then they will get themselves (and possibly others) in trouble. If you do, then they can prove just as capable as any other worker you employ.
Tags: Parenting, Parenting Teens, Sue Scheff, Teen Employment, Teen Help, Teen Self Esteem
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