Generation why : how boomers can lead and learn from millennials and gen Z / Karl Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Karl, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management.

Work environment.

Generation Y--Employment.

Generation Y.

Generation Z--Employment.

Generation Z.

Young adults--Employment.

Young adults.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages) ; illustrations

Other Title:

Generation Why

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation Z and younger millennials, how it influences their behaviour at work, and how they want to be led in the workplace. Karl Moore takes a practical and down-to-earth approach to understanding what drives millennials and generation Z and how the education system they were brought up in has informed their worldview. Based on hundreds of interviews conducted with under-thirty-year-olds across Canada, the United States, Japan, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, as well as interviews with executives to gain their perspectives on changing dynamics in the workplace, Generation Why provides a thorough study of these generations' ideas about truth, hierarchy, and leadership. Focusing on listening, purpose, reverse mentoring, feedback, and how people relate to each other in the workplace, Generation Why provides the essential tools for effectively working with millennials and generation Z and unlocking their full professional potential."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Young people : a fundamental shift in the workplace

The modern worldview : science, architecture, and religion

Making it real / postmodernism medicine : "Doc, I have three theories about what is wrong with me"

The postmodern worldview : truth, emotions, and hierarchy

Privileging all voices : listen more, talk less

The importance of authenticity : self lost, and self regained

A sense of purpose : work must have meaning

The modern mentor in a postmodern workspace : the voice of support

The millennial / Zer need for feedback : four reasons why and how to give it

Similar but different : generation Zers are not millennials

Managing upward and being managed by millennials / gen Zers : key to being a really useful manager.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-192) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-2280-1813-7

OCLC:

1353596134