Most workplace friction across generations comes down to three questions: Do you see me? Do you hear me? Will you work with me? In Episode 14 of the GenShift podcast, I break down the 3 C's: Care, Curiosity, and Collaboration, and why this simple framework changes everything.

In the military, rank carries automatic authority. Trust does not work that way. Brandon, a Gen Z airman in the United States Air Force, talks about leadership, feedback without shame, and what changes when leaders explain the why. GenShift® in one of the most structured institutions there is.

Millennials are not the new generation at work anymore. Many are running teams and sitting in senior leadership. Andres Alvarado and Marissa Jennings talk about what the Great Recession, hustle culture, and the analog-to-digital shift actually built, and how it shows up in how they lead now.

Gen X is the bridge generation. The ones translating between the systems that came before and the expectations that came after, usually without the spotlight. Topher Margolin and Tracy Lampert on leading from the middle, how loyalty changed, and what Gen X learned the hard way.

What happens when we stop analyzing Gen Z teenagers and actually listen to them? In this GenShift Podcast episode, teens share how they experience school, leadership, AI, and adult relationships—and what helps them feel respected.

If the generational labels at work have never quite fit you, there is a reason. Xennials, born roughly between 1977 and 1983, remember landlines and adapted fast to everything after. They translate across Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z, usually without asking for credit.

Boomers get called resistant. Gen Z gets called entitled. Carol Wagner and Valerie Hebenstreit built something else entirely, starting when Valerie joined Carol's team as an intern during COVID. Not mentoring, not reverse mentoring. Co-mentoring, and it started with one question.

A candid look at what Gen Z really wants at work — connection, clarity, and stability — and how leaders can support them through simple, human communication.