My 9 year old son Joseph introduced me to Disney’s upbeat movie “High School Musical”.

Below is a video clip of a hit song from the movie.  It’s entitled “We’re All In This Together”.  It’s a fantastic song that totally communicates the world view of Gen-Y.

Some of the lyrics:

Together, together, together everyone
Together, together, come on lets have some fun
Together, were there for each other every time
Together together come on lets do this right

Here and now its time for celebration
I finally figured it out (yeah yeah)
That all our dreams have no limitations
That’s what its all about

Everyone is special in their own way
We make each other strong (each other strong)
Were not the same
Were different in a good way
Together’s where we belong

We’re all in this together
Once we know
That we are
We’re all stars
And we see that
We’re all in this together
And it shows
When we stand
Hand in hand
Make our dreams come true

If you’re a manager and you supervise Gen-Y employees (team members) you’re going to have to learn new skills to lead this generation.  A “traditional” command and control style of leadership is a total turn-off to this generation.

The way to effectively manage Gen-Y is to learn coaching skills.  You must become a “Coach Leader” and  you can learn how in the IATF Leader As Coach Fast Track Program.