The conversation about leading across generations is mostly a distraction. Not because the generations are the same. But because the answer is not in the generational profiles.

In this episode of A Student of Leadership, Robert Adams makes the case that every generation at your table wants the same things: to be seen, to do work that matters, and to know the person leading them is worth following. What differs is what they have been taught to expect.

In this episode:

- Why most generational profiling in leadership misses the actual problem

- What Gen Z is actually asking for in the workplace, and why it is not a character flaw

- What experienced professionals need to see acknowledged, and why the friction between generations is usually practical rather than philosophical

- Three things a leader does to build a table where every generation feels like their seat was set with intention

- The May close: what The Spoon, The Glass, The Napkin, and The Table add up to as a leadership foundation

- June preview: The Plate returning, leading through change when everyone is exhausted

The three things a leader does to build a table across generations:

01. Name what you value from each person. Individually. Visibly.

02. Build consistency without eliminating individuality. Same standard, different support.

03. Make the table visibly worth building toward. Evidence in the ordinary moments, not just the policy.

Referenced this week:

Gen Z workplace research: multiple sources including Deloitte Global Millennial and Gen Z surveys, Gallup State of the American Workplace reports.

Episode 65: The Leader Who Sees the Whole Person. Available now in your podcast feed.

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