If you are a manager with a team of Gen Z employees, you better be authentic every step of the way. In an age of highly curated social media, Generation Z is highly attuned to identifying fakery, especially when it comes to authority figures. The most reliable way to be authentic? It pays for leaders to focus on the most authentic common interest between themselves and their direct reports: The work. Don’t shy away from simply keeping conversations with your Gen Z employees about what needs to get done, how, when, and why. Then, your responsibility as the manager is to uphold your part of the leadership bargain by providing guidance, support, and accountability. Click here to read the full article