Carolyn Easton, Renier Steyn
Abstract
In the workplace, millennials have emerged as the new leadership pipeline following the retirement of baby boomers, yet there appears to be a lack of specialised leadership development for this generation. The aim of this research was to determine what leadership training at South African business schools entails, and to assess whether such training is aligned with what millennials want. The document review conducted on leadership training for millennials was undertaken by means of a Google desktop search, focusing on the online brochures posted by South African business schools. These were compared with the findings from a literature review of research into millennials’ expectations of training and development. The comparison between what is on offer, and what is expected, revealed a gap in the personalised and specialised leadership training and development millennial leaders are looking for. In addition, some of their training needs appeared to fall outside the scope of the business schools’ offerings. For that reason, it has become crucial to offer millennial leaders specialised leadership training and development programmes which meet their unique needs.