Let me hit you with three stats to wake up your motivation to kick butt with learning and development in your organization.
1. 2 out of 3 Millennials express a desire to leave their current organization by 2020.
2. In companies where Millennials are satisfied with their learning and professional development opportunities, they are likely to stay longer.
3. Yet, only 24% of Millennials are “very satisfied” with this aspect of their working lives.
Sparknotes Version: The majority of Millennials at your company are going to leave in a few years unless their learning and professional development experience is top notch, in which case they’ll stay longer.
I’m not trying to say that the fate of your fresh young employees is in your hands, but, it kind of is. So what are you going to do about it?