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Welcome to another edition of Workshift! The exclusive newsletter for Leaders, Founders, Managers and HRs.
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- How to manage remote Gen-Z teams
- Meet the man who wants to hire someone to retire
- AI Tool Of The Week 🤖: Insight7 analyzes your interview transcripts and picks up on things that even the most experienced researcher might miss
- Opportunity Of The Week 💡: If you're applying for The YC Fall 2024, Ashpreet put together a list of YC-backed founders ready to help with your application
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THE BIG IDEA
How To Manage Remote Gen-Z Teams
One question that troubles every manager is engaging younger staff in delivering efficient work without them becoming bored.
Do I make the workplace lively? Should I make deadlines more flexible? Should we have more holidays? Should we have more physical meetups? Should we throw more parties?
Though throwing more Parties is not a bad idea, it is not cost-effective in the long run.
How on earth do you keep these Gen Zs in their seats long enough to get the actual work done? Especially when they are working remotely.
- Add Meaning To Their Work:
It is not just about salary increases. It is about adding meaning to their day-to-day tasks. True, not everyone’s task would be to change the world (and everyone is tired of your Monday morning pep talk) but in their own little way, Gen Zs would like to know that their everyday work is making a difference in the real world.
They would like to know that at the end of the day, as they lay their head down, they have made their tiny little difference in the world. Without meaning, it would just be an endless circle of working monotonously on the boring design. Thus, as much as possible, try to add meaning to their work.
- Be Upfront. No Bluff.
Truth is Gen Zs have taken enough bluff to actually see through you. How urgently do you need the task? Can it wait or do you just want it completed? Be straightforward with them. When they know you respect them enough to tell them the true position of things, they will be willing to go the extra mile for you.
And don’t make the mistake of assuming they are kids. You may not like what you get in return.
- And A Secret Spice Is To “Give Them Responsibility”. That’s What They Fear The Most And Desire The Most.
Giving Responsibility to your Gen Z employees actually gets you a new employee – a loyal one! There is nothing that a Gen Z fears so much yet wants so much as responsibility.
Thus, working with remote Gen Z Teams does not have to be difficult. Your dream team can make your dream exist.
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Challenge Of The Week 🎯
Keep a food journal. Writing down what you eat and drink helps you see patterns and understand whether you’re truly nourishing yourself or just munching out of habit.
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Learn From The Best ✍️
What I’ve Learnt: Alister Harris, CEO, Lokulus
Macclesfield-based tech firm Lokulus, known for AI and ML-powered customer interaction management (CIM) software, celebrated 20 years in business this year.
Lokulus is led by CEO Alister Harris, who rejoined after time at TransUnion. Along with CCO and CTO Mark Chamberlain, he led the buy-out, with Alister recently stepping into the CEO role.
Alister shared some valuable lessons learned along the way.
HR Insights Featuring TLNT
Meet The Man Who Wants To Hire Someone To Retire…
In an exclusive interview with TLNT, Holland explains what he’s doing; The person who gets the job will immediately be asked to retire.
The advert wants to find the company’s first-ever ‘chief retirement officer’.
Another quirk of this particular job is that applicants apply by literally ‘resigning’ from their current job.
In one person’s ‘resignation’, an applicant wrote: “It is with absolute giddiness that I submit this letter of resignation. I have chosen, at the ripe age of 34, to transition to a life of retirement. The years of mind-numbing spreadsheets, stomach-churning corporate jargon, crappy office coffee, and anxiety-inducing ice-breaker exercises have completely burnt me out.”
This applicant continues: “I’d love nothing more than to never “circle back”, “connect”, or “align” with any of you ever again. You are all lovely people, but life is not meant to be lived in a…”
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Investing News & Opportunities 💰
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- Paramount extended negotiations with Bronfman after receiving a new $6B bid
- Jeff Bezos reportedly interested in buying Celtics, according to Bill Simmons
There’s More To Being A Leader🎖️
- No jerks allowed’ is just one way Jobot’s CEO creates a good employee experience
- Top 10 benefits of using an Employer of Record (EOR) to hire from Africa
- How to navigate complicated global taxes for international employees
- Opportunity Of The Week 💡: If you're applying for The YC Fall 2024, Ashpreet put together a list of YC-backed founders ready to help with your application
- AI Tool of the Week 🤖: Insight7 uses cutting-edge AI to analyze your interview transcripts, picking up on things that even the most experienced researcher might miss
Pro Tip To Take You Through The Week🌟
What’s Happening? 🤷♂️
While you were away at work, these 5 things happened:
- OpenAI broke its silence on California’s most controversial AI bill on Tuesday
- The banks that loaned Musk $13B to buy Twitter might be having regrets
- Nigerian businesses listed insecurity as the biggest constrain in July
- Canada’s rail shutdown locked out 9,000 workers
- Cisco employees face a month of silence ahead of second layoff in 2024
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Edited by Oluwaseye Adesina
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