03/11/2024

Unlocking the Leadership Potential of Gen Z

Here is a guide for senior leaders

Every week, there seems to be another piece bemoaning the "challenges" of Gen Z workers. Many senior leaders feel Gen Zers come across as more frustrating than additive: demanding, questioning and challenging their managers with nontraditional views of work.

Gen Z's friction-causing approach earns them a lot of flak. But what senior leaders often overlook is their remarkable potential. If we’re honest, each of us was overconfident in our views and underskilled in social dynamics when we first entered the workforce. So, in some ways, Gen Z are just like us at their age, and they will mature—like many of us did.

Here, we inventory Gen Z's special powers as leaders. We also articulate why their strengths will only be fully realized with purposeful support from more tenured leaders, and what that support needs to be.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.