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This Is How Millennials Want to Be Managed

The 'Just do what I say' approach might not work.

By Rob Reuteman

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Lisa Orrell is a hot property. The author of Millennials Incorporated is one of a handful of trainers and consultants who advise companies on leading the newest generation of workers.

"I've had more calls for seminars for managing Millennials in the last two years than the previous five or six," says Orrell, whose clients include Cisco, eBay, Johnson & Johnson and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

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