From Tension to Teamwork:

Reflections on the Future of Work

Katherine Jeffery Katherine Jeffery

Building Trust Across Generations at Work

Every generation has a default setting for how it builds trust. The GenShift® trust graphics show what happens when you shift it. The surprising part is where those shifts land.

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Katherine Jeffery Katherine Jeffery

When Gen Z Works in HR

Gen Z's high HR attrition usually reads as a retention problem. What if it's a transparency problem? A GenShift® look at generational differences in HR.

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Katherine Jeffery Katherine Jeffery

What Each Generation Really Thinks About HR

Ask five people from five generations what they think of HR and you will get five different answers. Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z each arrived at the function through a different door. Here is what shaped each view, and why the friction makes sense once you see it.

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Katherine Jeffery Katherine Jeffery

The Hidden Cost of Working in HR

Most organizations have a support structure for employees going through hard times. Very few have one for the HR professionals sitting across the table. Gen X leaders absorb that emotional labor quietly, and their generational formation is exactly why. Here is what leaders can do about it.

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