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QUESTION: Are Gen Z Me, Me, Me?

BIG IDEAS:

• Lots of complaints from a team leader around respect for him and org. His belief that his younger team members are overconfident and think they are superior
• Do leaders need to prioritize the organization over themselves
• Leaders looking for themselves in future leaders (projection)
• Generalizations around generations
• We tend to overestimate when people were born, but what they went through and where are they now in their lives that make a difference
• What 25-year-old prioritizes the organization over themselves?
• Gen Z were hit really hard by Covid, and it defines how we see the world
• Perception that Gen Z lacks patience and don't want to put in the work
• Dunning Krueger Effect or status quos on timelines?
• Learning can happen much faster, but they lack experience
• When we judge others for judging, we are judging too
• Is it a lack of patience?
• Envy and resentment growing -- wish to have the attitude that Gen Z has
• Tension between the "new way" and the "old way"
• COVID shifted priorities for people, yet companies want to go back to the way things were (working in the office being a top priority)
• What does it mean to "go back to normal"?
• "That's the way we've always done it," can get in the way of growth
• Adapt rather than fight it
• Equity of treatment across generations and work preferences
• It's not about working 50% versus, it's about working 50% or leaving the company
• We only need to love 20% of our work to find meaning in all of our work
• Only 14% of people are engaged -- how is that measured?
• Are we asking too much of people for their work?
• How much is the perception of engagement valid across generations?
• How much show off and show me rose due to the self facing camera?
• Over praising leading to overconfidence
• Instead of keeping them down, give them the opportunity to safely fail
• Seeing the gray area between people's truths

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Podcast || Social Science Bites - Episode on Generational Myths
• Book || Love + Work by Marcus Buckingham
• Book || Think Again by Adam Grant

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