“I choose me”: how the latest generation in the workplace want to own their destiny
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What does “I choose me” mean for today’s workforce?
Now we're seeing that employees or candidates are saying, you know what, I choose me. I choose how I want to work. I choose my salary. There's no salary ceiling. And also I get to do the things I'm passionate about. I think we are seeing a reimagined of the workplace. I see that employees want purpose. They want autonomy. They want flexibility. They definitely want to own their destiny. The days are gone where I rely on my manager to determine how far I go up the change, which way I go. We are taking control. But when you think about who is really, really taking advantage of this gig economy, I would say two and a half generations. I would say certainly the millennials. And I also say the Gen Z because they are entrepreneur.
They are definitely on the social media aspect. And then you're seeing Gen X tapping into that as well.
Hello everyone and welcome to Orbit, the HG podcast series where we speak to leaders and innovators from across the software and technology ecosystem. to discuss the key trends changing how we all do business. Today I'm delighted to be joined by Tonya Morris. She is the founder and CEO of Simply HR. And Tonya and I know each other from the recent HG CXO event that we had here at HG for All of our CXOs across our organizations. And really what we discussed there was the great resignation, attrition issues, all of the big topics of the day. And Tonya was one of our most popular speakers on that day. Tonya is an expert generational connector. And what that means is she helps organizations to transform their cultures by embracing all generations.
And she's going to talk to us a little bit more about that today. So Tonya, I think that's actually a very good place to start. You know, what is an intergenerational connector?
You know, it's a person or expert or thought leader that knows all the generations and her focus is to bring and bridge the gaps among the generations among the organizations. So I typically bring all the generations together. We leverage one another so we can have an inclusive workplace.
And I remember we spoke before about this and it was a staff that really surprised me. You you spoke about in in the workplace now, there are you know five generations of employees. Can you talk a little more around what that means and you know, especially the millennial generation and how that cohort have now moved into kind of managerial positions again, which was kind of surprising for me to uh to hear.
Well, you know, like I stated in in our talk, we have five generations in the workplace. I'm gonna go over them briefly, but we have the traditionals, which is the oldest generation in the workplace. Then we have the third largest generation, which is the baby boom. They used to be the second largest, but now the Gen X. are the second largest generation in the workplace, but Millennials are the largest generation in the workplace, about 86 plus millions. And then we have the new ones, the Gen Z. And so what I spoke about, because the workforce is aging. And we are now knowing that the millennial of the largest generation in the workplace, they're assuming a lot of the managerial positions in the workplace.
Many have said, well, what about Gen X? Right? I'm a Gen X, right? Well, I say we are the past over in TikTok generation. We're we're sandwiched in, so we're not talked about a lot, but really the reason why we are seeing this trend moving more towards millennials because they are the largest and we just don't have enough Gen X to really assume those roles, although we do have them in those positions, but we see the focus now
on the millennials. That's really, really interesting. And you know, there have been lots of articles written on this particular topic that we're going to talk about next, which is, and I see you smiling, right? Because Everybody's talking about the great resignation. And look, there's been a lot around this recently. What is it? What what how would you define the great resignation? Is this a global problem? Is it specific to, you know, the states, a particular generation?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What does “I choose me” mean for today’s workforce?
0:03–4:13
2
How does the host introduce Tonya Morris and set up the conversation?
4:13–10:55
3
Which five generations are currently in the workplace and how are they defined?
10:55–16:01
4
What is the Great Resignation and how does it affect each generation?
16:01–21:20
5
How can organizations create purpose, autonomy, and flexibility for employees?
21:20–27:16
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