Tag: Encouragement

Managing Gen Z At Work

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Watch for Gen Z to combine the physical with the digital in how they consume, live, and work.’

Be open to new additions to the lexicon– they may be visual, video, or even symbolic; all of them can enhance communication.’

‘Allow employees to create their own job titles.’

‘Incorporate new ways to track, post, monitor, measure, and share performance data.’

‘Accept that college isn’t the answer for everyone– explore what other avenues can equip Gen Z to have productive lives and careers.’

‘Understand how intensely Gen Z experiences FOMO.’

‘Remind employees what they are learning, how they fit into the larger picture, and the achievements they’ve had to help combat career FOMO.’

‘Coach Gen Z on how to establish the credibility and capacity of sources they identified.’

‘Watch for Gen Z to be entrepreneurial and put that to work internally rather than lose them.’

‘Keep one foot on the brake pedal to avoid Gen Z going so fast they make critical mistakes.’

Source:

David Stillman and Jonah Stillman (2017). Gen Z at Work: How the Next Generation Is Transforming the Workplace

The Power Of Advanced Leadership

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Advanced leaders don’t do what other leaders are doing. Advanced leaders take actions. And they are willing to do what others are not willing to do. That is why they are more advanced than others.

According to Rosabeth Moss Kanter, ‘Advanced leadership is a mindset that encourages multiple experiments by people who seize responsibilities without waiting in line.’

‘Advanced leaders are the ultimate silo busters.’

‘Advanced leadership involves aspiring to do great but difficult and complex work.’

‘Leaders who create extraordinary new possibilities are passionate about their mission and tencious in pursuit of it.’

‘Innovators leave the street and go inside.’

‘An organization is a tool to be used in the quest for wider improvement.’

‘Complacency reduces the willingness to take risks or to try anything big and bold.’

‘A movement is not a monolith; it consists of many independent actors.’

‘A leadership force guided by democratic principles can work on democracy itself.’

‘Social ties are stronger bases for commitment, because sentiment creates attachment, and peer group pressure can kick in.’

Source:

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (2020). Think Outside The Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time