Aired on April 4, 2017

Millennials aren’t kids anymore; they are adults who are working and earning a living. And they are moving into management.

Teams are different today mainly from the influence of technology, automation, Agile methodologies, the Gig Economy and fluid careers, and increased entrepreneurship. We are living in the online world where they grew up. They see it and use it differently than Gen X or Boomers.

We hear about the challenges of the millennials as well as what they offer and bring to workplaces. But we don t often discuss their contributions to leadership.

Priyanka Komala will be joining us to discuss what it means to be a millennial leader at any level of an organization.

Our discussion will include topics like:

• The type of leadership roles millennials play in organizations
• What does that mean at the workplace? For teams? What are millennials bringing to work environments that wasn’t there before?
• The difference between millennials and “everyone else” from a millennial perspective
• Is there a “millennial leadership style?”
• Challenges of millennials as they move into senior leadership
• Gender and racial discrimination as millennials gain more influence
• Personal branding – do millennials pay attention to their personal brand more than other age groups? What are the benefits? What can we all learn from this?
• What we can learn from millennials and what they can learn from us

When Priyanka was five, she stepped on her first stage and gave an impromptu speech about an aeroplane. This excitement never left her as she went to become a distinguished speaker. Although she had followed the cultural expectation of getting a Masters to become an engineer and technologist, Priyanka knew she wanted to make a bigger impact. She wanted a seat at the table to help others, so she got her MBA.

A distinguished Toastmaster, Priyanka Komala enjoys using technology to drive businesses strategically. Her focus is on leadership to make impact and inspire trust. At the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Priyanka is responsible for creating and delivering the web strategy and future technological direction for a $30M division. Priyanka graduated from Anna University with a degree in Engineering and ranked top 5 among 15,000 students in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She holds a Master s degree in Computer Science from American University and an M.B.A from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

She tries new things weekly like yoga, dancing, and writing. Ask her sometime about how she survives hiking trips. Priyanka enjoys sharing insights on happiness, personal growth, entrepreneurship and women s issues, and the potential of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) and has been featured on InPower and HelloGiggles. You can find Priyanka Komala at her blog, Facebook, Twitter and onLinkedIn.

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