How to keep generation Y motivated?

Before reading through the passage and listening to the podcast, I wasnt sure what generation X and Y stand for; but now I have a clearer image as to how they differ from each other and Im quite impressed with the differences in motivation that X and Y have.

The generation Y, also called the New Millennials, were born in the 1980s and early 1990s who have become established members of the workforce; on the other side, generation X, those who borned in the 1960s and 1970s that are the predessor of those generation Y.

Is there any correlation between these 2 different generations? Also, how are these different age groups get on with each other?

In the podcast, Tammy Erickson the author of 'Plugged In' talks about the generation Y and how they behave within the work place. What makes generation Y distinctive is a quite interesting key point; they usually have a very interesting teenage hood which can dominates/shaped their characteristics during that certain period of time; where people give their thoughts of how the world works, for instance.

There are other things that are very interesting about Gen Y. When Adam Jones asks Tammy about how Gen Y uses technology whereas an increasingly growing has been happening among them and how does it affect them; She called them as the 'first generation of unconsciously competent technology users' which referring to a pre-conscious memory that they have. I think this is a quite impressive way of interpreting it.

Another interesting thing is that how different between Gen X and Y, when they are doing actually the same thing but in a totally diverse way. Gen X must have a schedule to plan what they want to do in a few weeks time; unlike Gen Y, they dont.

Gen Y likes to be challenged by many different things in any area, even if they havent had the experience before. They like to figure things out by themselves, in addition to test their ability of how far they can get on. But in the meantime, Gen X often dont truly understand how these undermanned learners, if they're suitable for the work they've been give. That somehow developed a gap between the 2 generation and would be misunderstood.

To keep a company happy, the relationiship betweent the managers and the employees must be improved from their actual position where there's a gap of the present and the traditional; furthermore, Gen X may need to explore how to keep Gen Y motivated and the way they act motivated; one thing is very important as a key feature, they love to be challenged.