🎉Fewer People More Results

Most times, as the business grows, the needs of our customers grow & with time we hire more people.

Achieving an efficient state as you grow your business must be amongst the most difficult things to do for entrepreneurs. Most often, we default to throwing people at every problem, every unmet obligation, every undone or new task, and every form of frustration that comes from operations in the business.

It’s not uncommon for most start-ups or growth leaders to look in the room and not know half the people in it when only a few months ago, everybody knew everybody.

This is not bad: businesses should grow, customer bases should expand & employee numbers should swell. What is important is to manage the “swelling”.

It is a difficult position if you find yourself in my shoes, having to recruit more guys but still ensure the efficiency of everyone so I encouraged a model of operation.

Life is about stages and growth, and almost everyone needs to have that sense of growth and transition in their space. I work majorly with the Gen Z set. Gen Z communicates with images and they multitask across multiple screens as opposed to Millennials preferring to communicate on two screens and via text. Gen Z’s attention spans are getting shorter as well, explaining their preference for video and images rather than text.

It’s well known that Gen Zers spend a lot of time looking at screens. Communicating in 140-character snippets and hashtagging #allthethings, they’ve reached a level of social media savvy that even most millennials have not obtained yet. But apparently, all that screen time has made them long for an old-fashioned form of communication: face-to-face.

Forget instant messaging or email: in-person communication is Gen Z’s preferred way to touch base with their managers. That makes this new wave of workers markedly different from millennials, whose growing presence in the workforce has been accompanied by the rise of office instant messaging apps like Slack and HipChat.

So why do Gen Zers differ so much from millennials in this regard? It might come down to their desire to be taken seriously in the office. A study conducted by Robert Half found that 45% of Gen Z workers believe it will be difficult to work with baby boomers. Many fear they’ll be treated like children by their older colleagues.

Breaking the engagement of my team ensures an effective and dynamic approach to creativity and innovation as they now suggest things we need to do to progress.

Embracing Multigenerational Collaboration

To harness the unique strengths of Gen Z in the workplace, it's essential to promote an environment that fosters multigenerational collaboration. Implementing mentorship programs that pair younger employees with more experienced colleagues can facilitate skill sharing and mutual respect. Encouraging open dialogue and inclusive decision-making processes also helps bridge the generational divide. By leveraging the diverse perspectives and skill sets of all employees, companies can spur innovation and drive growth in today's fast-paced business environment.