Millennial leaders and leadership development in a multi-generational workforce

The millennial generation is regarded as different to the previous generations in the workplace. This makes them different as leaders in the workplace, thereby having implications for their leadership development and training. This is valuable given that millennials are currently the largest generation in the workplace and the leadership pipeline for the previous generations especially the Baby Boomer generation who have begun retiring. Organisations need to consider whether traditional leadership approaches in the workplace remain relevant for millennial leaders. In the study, five articles were written to address parts of the problem. The first article focused on millennials having different cultural values when compared to Generation X and Baby Boomer generation. The second and third articles focused on differences in leadership styles and effective leadership styles respectively when comparing millennial leaders to the previous generations. The fourth article looked at whether leadership training by South African business schools is suitable for millennial leaders. The last article focused on what millennial leaders want from leadership development and training. In this paper, the aim was to integrate the findings of these articles to present a narrative for a specialised and tailor-made leadership development and training strategy for millennial leaders in the workplace.