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Working Side-by-Side with Gen. Z


In just a few short years, three of the most-studied generations in history – Gen. Z, Millennials, and Baby Boomers – will join forces in the workplace. Researchers and business managers are hurriedly working to understand how this will vastly transform the professional environment, and destinations should be just as prepared.


Harvard Business Review (HBR) recently surveyed


18,000


Students & Professionals


ACROSS 19 COUNTRIES


from these three cohorts to better understand how they may collaborate – or not – in the future workforce. While Millennials are attracted to the coaching and mentoring that comes with leadership roles, today’s teenagers are more looking forward to the higher level of responsibility and freedom that come with leadership. Tat advancement is important to Gen. Z; but for them, it’s not about making tenure or putting in your decades at an organization to secure leadership: advancement should be based on performance. “Tey want to know what the rules are, that they’re fair,” confirms Te Society for Human Resource Management. “Tey are competitive, independent, and want to be judged on their own merits and showcase their individual talents.”


Although they feel virtual reality will be the most revolutionizing technology in the workplace, teenagers aren’t too keen on office technology


overall. According to HBR, teenagers in Germany, Japan, and Mexico found workplace technology useful, while Chinese, American, and Canadian teens found it a hindrance to their work. 69% of Gen. Z favor in-person training programs over online courses (13%), whereas Gen. X was far more interested in online training (25%). 70% of all respondents in all generations noted that flexible working arrangements were very important to their work lives over the next decade.


Lastly, today’s teenagers are accustomed to instantaneous, constant feedback – through the Likes and Shares of social media and constant in-school testing, so the days of “annual reviews” are quickly coming to an end. Gen. Z is seeking company culture that loudly celebrates individual contributions and achievements, in an environment of mentoring and frequent feedback where they can experience honesty and transparency with their leaders.


With these priorities in mind, teenagers are on course to vastly alter the professional workplace. Destinations have the foresight and opportunity to collaborate between HR and managers, plus speak with their future coworkers, to begin preparing for more constant feedback, rapid and merit-based (not “years experience”) advancement, in person (and less “hit play”) training, and the right balance of technology to empower these future business leaders to thrive.


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