How Associations Can Assist Young Professionals

"Young people these days just don’t want to lead."

Some variation of that mantra seems to get attached to every new generation; No doubt the elder cavemen leaders of Integrated Wheel and Fire bellyached about their younger staff. Boomers: Hippies. Gen Xers: Slackers. Millennials: Narcissists. A new report from Deloitte says much the same about Gen Z: According to its survey of 22,000 young professionals, only 6 percent of Millennials and Gen Zers say a leadership job is a "primary career goal."

Naturally, that motivation will change with time and experience. But the new survey also surfaces some specific challenges that are meaningful for association leaders as they manage both their staffs and industries that are looking to attract more young people.

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