My chops for penning this blog are that I am both a baby boomer and an employer.  The social media biosphere is replete with (mostly) well-intentioned advice for what millennials need to do to excel in the workplace.  These “rules” are usually handed down by older people who are well-established in their careers and hold positions of power and authority–in short–by baby boomers, who constitute a large majority of today’s professional power brokers, successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, etc.

Boomers are notoriously work-centric, goal-oriented, self-reliant, and competitive.  Too often they find millennials self-absorbed, lazy, entitled, and narcissistic.  Is it any wonder that the two generations might butt heads in the office?  I think not–and that’s assuming a millennial can win a job from a boomer hiring manager in the first place.

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