Stop Complaining About Gen Z Workers—and Start Helping Them

Published on August 11, 2025

Booth Associate Adjunct Professor, Susan Lucia Annunzio, discusses how the pandemic and new technology has led to Gen Z missing out on formative experiences as they begin to enter the workforce.  She goes on to discuss how managers can best support their new Gen Z colleagues to become the best versions of themselves they can be.

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