What Gen Z Employees Wish Leaders Recognized

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1:06And they said, I feel like that's how I'm being treated. They don't pay much money for me. They use me up and then they throw me away or I want to leave. One of them said, what if you treated us like currency, not commodities? And that set me thinking, and I put this in the book. When I see them like currency, currency is valuable. In fact, I want to invest that currency. I want to invest in that currency. so you don't make it bigger. So it's a whole different mindset that I have as a leader where I'm going to find that gold. I'm wading through the mud to get to the gold. And maybe that investment was well worth it because I later see they were way worth more than$48 ,000 at the beginning.

1:47They were worth much, much more because I did that seeking. So think currency, not commodity. Think connect, not control.