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Mentoring Over Marching Orders

How to engage your next generation employees

Morgan Johnson, CPHR, CPM
Senior Manager - Human Resources, Artis Real Estate Investment Trust

y generational peer group, “Gen Y”, has a well- person through the world of work with a focus on
documented and often discussed difference of personal and professional growth and the facilitation
opinion about work compared to other generations. of critical thinking skills” (Lawrence, D). Two elements
MSNBC recently reported that 85% of its interns of a thriving organization are embedded in the mentor
expected to be mentored rather than managed. This definition; professional growth and critical thinking.
is a challenging viewpoint that contradicts traditional Competitive organizations need great, critical-thinkers.
workplace hierarchy. So, what does this trend mean for This is especially true of the real estate industry where
your team and organization? Simply put, we need to most us are hired to be professional problem solvers.
expand our leadership tool kits and consider mentoring Talented critical thinkers are selective about where and
instead of directing or instructing our employees. who they work for.
In their 2016 Millennial Survey Report, Deloitte linked
MENTOR DEFINED mentorship to loyalty at work. They found 61% of the

“A mentor is a person who through a trusted millennials they surveyed are currently benefiting from
relationship helps guide, support and counsel a mentoring because they have a resource to turn to for

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