Robert Mejlerö

Survey: What motivates millennials?

Posted by Robert in eMBA, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour

For my MBA course at Edinburgh Business School and FHNW Basel I’m writing a master thesis about motivation at work. It’s no news that there is a huge generation shift happening right now. According to a survey by Time, in 2025 the workforce will be 75% “millennials” (1980-2000). This is a subject of high interest to companies as they struggle to understand what motivates employees these days. The research question of the master thesis is “What motivates professional early millenials in the workplace and what is the best way to…read more

Feb.08

Feb.04

What motivates professional early millennials in the workplace and what is the best way to manage them to reach their potential?

Posted by Robert in eMBA, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour

“A generation change is happening in the work force. In 2025, 3 out of 4 workers in the world will be millennials (Schawbel, 2012). But one doesn’t have to wait 10 years to see this coming, the millennials are already in the work force and their values, their attitude to work and motivation has and will forever change the working environment. Companies have started to understand that in order to be more competitive, they should adopt Theory Y theories, which means to involve and engage their employees vertically, have less…read more

Feb.02

What happens to the team when their manager (or leader) changes?

Posted by Robert in Leadership

Are you interested in leadership theory around team-psychology? 2006 I attended a course called “UGL – Understanding Group and Leader” in Sweden. One model that I found very useful, and have applied to various positions in my work-life has been a version of the “FIRO-circle”. I think it gives a great “beginners perspective” to group dynamics. FIRO stands for “Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation). I won’t go in to more history than that, hey that’s what Wikipedia is for (Click here for FIRO). Instead, I’m going to jump directly in to…read more