Generation Z refers to people born between 1996 and 2010

Everyone is blaming the Gen Z nowadays.


Why do we fail to manage the young workforce?


It's not that we are incompetent. 

It's not that they are careless.

There is something else.

There is a disconnect.

There is a big gap.

When we say gap, it's a relative thing.

It's not skill gap or attitude gap. 

It's because of a basic difference.

We feel this difference because we compare.

We compare them with our younger versions.

What and how we were doing at their current ages.

This is the Root Cause of all problems.

We must stop this comparisons.

I was doing the same mistake some years back.

I realized and stopped. 

I got the results. I am getting the results. 


Now what has changed?

When we grew up, the world was different.

The way our parents treated us was different.

The way our teachers treated us was different.

The way we lived was totally different.

And that's why what we are today is different.


I believe you have a Gen Z child too. May be two.

How do you want them to be treated by the world?


Some examples.

I had not seen my plant head in person for even once. 

I can't do or behave like this anymore. 

I meet even my trainee engineers everyday, anytime. 

I don't dare to keep my unit head in copy of an email without a solid reason.

My team-members can simply send me a WhatsApp message and ask to approve their half-day leave on HR application.


I don't need to explain more.

You know what I mean.


It's really fun working with them.

Condition is simple; Be like them. 



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