If you’ve ever had to manage intergenerational kinds of friction and skirmishes at work or ministry, or struggle with stereotypes and prejudging other generations (ever catch yourself saying “Omg, that’s so boomer” or “Yea, it’s a Gen Z thing,” this book will be an absolute game changer for you.
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I guess the first thing to crushing judgments on other generations is learning how they grew up, what shaped them, and to “get” what they can contribute, so we can truly learn how to connect and lead well.
“Even if they don’t know how to ask for it, Gen Z long for relationships with their leaders but may not know how to approach that desire. We must build bridges of relationships that can bear the weight of honest self disclosure. Trust and transparency are earned and come over time, not overnight.”
While boomers give someone new an A and have them earn their Fs, Gen Zs start their leaders with an F for them to earn an A— i myself have found that to be true, too.
When we start to get that neither approach is better or worse, just different, perhaps that’s when we can really embrace one another on the same team.