Younger workers tend to lean heavily on their bosses for help with professional development, and companies should enjoy this for the opportunity for long-term business success.
According to a recent survey by Tallo, of Generation Z workers (those who were born after 1996). When workers were asked about various upskilling or reskilling opportunities, they indicated that they are most interested in:
- Developing leadership skills, such as communication, management and critical thinking (43 percent).
- Technical skills, such as those related to science, technology, engineering, software development and design (33 percent).
- Practicing agility, for example opportunities for collaboration, experimentation and continuous learning (13 percent).
- Learning new languages (11 percent).
The question here is “what are the best strategies for the growth of these workers to be successful? “
- Let them know it’s OK to fail and make them sure they are not going to be punished for their mistakes. Let them fail then help them to find their way.
- Be patient. Remind yourself that they are starting from square one.
- Training methods should be related to experience level. “Training a new employee is significantly different from the established ones.
- Capitalize their strengths.
- Constant feedback is important to this generation. “Good feedback fuels them to redouble their efforts in their jobs.”
- Identify top performers and future company leaders.
Summarized by Ahmadreza Ahrarnejad.
