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How to preserve and strengthen organizational culture and core values while inducting Gen Y employees and meeting their aspirations?

This is a challenge for HR professionals as they build capacity and capability while maintaining core values and culture of the organization. It starts from identifying cultural fit during behavioural event interview, efficient onboarding, mentoring and continuous employee engagement efforts.

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Question added by Avinash Dixit , Founder & CEO , Nipun HR
Date Posted: 2014/04/19
Ahmed Zayan
by Ahmed Zayan , Aftersales Deputy General Manager , Nissan Saudi Arabia

Preserving and strengthening organizational culture while welcoming Gen Y employees (Millennials) requires a balanced approach. Here's a breakdown of how to achieve this:

1. Understand Gen Y Aspirations:

  • Purpose-driven work: They seek meaning and impact in their work, aligning with organizations that have a social mission or strong values.
  • Growth and development: They prioritize continuous learning, skill development, and career advancement opportunities.
  • Work-life balance: They value flexibility, autonomy, and a healthy balance between their professional and personal lives.
  • Collaboration and connection: They thrive in collaborative environments with strong social connections and open communication.
  • Technology and innovation: They are digitally savvy and expect organizations to embrace technology and innovation.

2. Strategies for Cultural Integration:

  • Communicate core values clearly: Articulate the organization's core values and how they translate into daily behaviors and decision-making. Use storytelling and examples to make them relatable.
  • Foster open communication: Create channels for two-way communication, encouraging feedback, ideas, and dialogue between generations.
  • Provide growth opportunities: Offer training programs, mentorship opportunities, and clear career paths to demonstrate commitment to employee development.
  • Embrace flexibility in work arrangements: Consider flexible work hours, remote work options, and other arrangements that support work-life balance.
  • Emphasize purpose and impact: Connect individual roles to the organization's overall mission and demonstrate how their work contributes to a larger purpose.
  • Encourage collaboration and teamwork: Create opportunities for cross-generational collaboration on projects and initiatives to foster knowledge sharing and mutual understanding.
  • Leverage technology: Utilize technology to enhance communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, aligning with Gen Y's digital fluency.
  • Lead by example: Leaders must embody the organization's core values and demonstrate the desired behaviors to set the tone for the entire organization.
  • Mentoring programs: Pair experienced employees with Gen Y employees to facilitate cultural transmission and provide guidance.
  • Reverse mentoring: Pair Gen Y employees with senior leaders to provide insights into new technologies, trends, and perspectives.
  • Inclusive onboarding: Design onboarding programs that introduce new hires to the organization's culture, values, and expectations, while also highlighting opportunities for growth and development.
  • Regular feedback and recognition: Provide regular feedback to Gen Y employees, acknowledging their contributions and providing constructive guidance.

3. Balancing Tradition and Change:

  • Preserve core values: Identify the core values that are essential to the organization's identity and ensure they are maintained throughout the integration process.
  • Adapt to new perspectives: Be open to new ideas and perspectives that Gen Y employees bring, recognizing that they can contribute to innovation and growth.
  • Find common ground: Focus on shared goals and values to bridge generational differences and create a cohesive workforce.

By implementing these strategies, organizations can effectively integrate Gen Y employees while preserving and strengthening their organizational culture and core values. This creates a dynamic and inclusive work environment that benefits all generations.

Samir Abdallah
by Samir Abdallah , Team Lead | Senior ServiceManager , mimacom Deutschland Gmbh

- Be transparent

- Encouraging of self responsibility

- Chance of growth

Mahalinavalona RAKOTO
by Mahalinavalona RAKOTO , Operations In Charge , Vestop Madagascar

By transparent communication 

muhammad saad
by muhammad saad , ASSURANCE , BPO –US HEALTH CARE

  1. Connect employee work to a purpose.
  2. Create positive employee experiences.
  3. Be transparent and authentic
  4. Encourage frequent employee recognition.

Jayesh Rai
by Jayesh Rai , Relationship Officer and Operation Incharge , Nabil Bank Limited

To say straight;

  • Establish a clear sense of purpose, mission, and values.
  • Evaluate the current organizational culture.
  • Ensure leadership and communication are aligned.
  • Foster employee engagement.
  • Develop a plan for future initiatives and measure their effectiveness.

Ivy Cuento
by Ivy Cuento , Fraud and Claims Specialist , Wells Fargo Bank of America

properly implement the understanding of the core values and culture of the organization and continuos open communication and engagement to employees 

Oussama Harrabi
by Oussama Harrabi , Sales Executive , Qatar Insurance Company (QIC)

To preserve and strengthen organizational culture while meeting Gen Y employees' aspirations:

1. Communicate core values clearly.
2. Foster open communication.
3. Provide growth opportunities.
4. Embrace flexibility in work arrangements.
5. Emphasize purpose and impact.
6. Encourage collaboration and teamwork.
7. Lead by example.

Sudip Dey
by Sudip Dey , Director Sales And Marketing , TRANSELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS PVT. LTD

Management development

vivek gopu
by vivek gopu , PLANT MANAGER , PASCHAL FORMWORK INDIA LTD

1.practicing core values and recognizing employees  and appreciating them in a meeting with an apprausal.

2.not to put target oriented and explaning the employees in a a clear way to increse the productivity.

3. EXpressing their thoughts and ideas in the form of script or drama or any cultural activity could be helpful to understand and increase cultural core values in the Organization.

4. enlarging the relationship between employee and employer would have major impact in increase of core values in the Organization.

I believe that it starts from identifying cultural fit during behavioural event interview.

Zeeshan Yunus
by Zeeshan Yunus , Sales and production incharge , Kasab Al kham

it can be done through survey, reguler training of employees. 

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