
Deloitte Global surveyed 7,800 graduates born after 1982 in full-time employment across 29 countries, including the UK, and found that businesses, particularly in developed markets, will need to make significant changes to attract and retain the future workforce.
An overwhelming 77 per cent of UK millennials say companies show strong leadership on important social issues, compared to the global figure of 61 per cent. They place less value on visible (19 per cent), well-networked (17 per cent), and technically-skilled (17 per cent) leaders. Instead, they define true leaders as strategic thinkers (39 per cent), inspirational (37 per cent), personable (34 per cent) and visionary (31 per cent). Millennial men were more likely to say they would like to secure the ‘top job’ within their organisation than women (59 per cent vs. 47 per cent). Women were also less likely to rank their leadership skills at graduation as strong. However, when asked what they would emphasise as leaders, women were more likely to say employee growth (34 per cent) and development (30 per cent), an area that many millennials felt was lacking within their current organisations. And 75 per cent suggest that corporations are focused on their own agenda rather than helping to improve society.Share this story