| Research conducted in multiple sectors have highlighted a growing problem of millennial women's hesitation in taking on leadership roles. This is in light of increased organizational spending on developing the next generation of leaders through company facilitated leadership development programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate leadership development for millennial women in an effort to explore why millennial women are hesitant to move into leadership roles. Using a qualitative descriptive cross-sectional study research design, millennial women answered survey ten questions specially designed to explore the contents of leadership development programs, participant characteristics, career ambitions, and perceptions of women in leadership roles. The data were collected and analyzed using SurveyMonkey, a third party vendor. SurveyMonkey was used to recruit participants, administer survey, collect and analyze the results from the data. Key findings indicated millennial women have ambition to move into leadership roles, align personal sacrifices to leadership offerings and perceive a lack of individualism within leadership positions.;KeyWords: generations, millennial generation, leadership, leaders, millennial leaders, millennial leadership, women leaders, millennial women leaders, women leadership development, millennial leadership development, career path, careers, management, perceptions, leadership development programs. |
