Mentoring Is A Two-Way Street

A number of years ago I worked for a large company, and the CEO required every member of his team to identify a mentor.  And the mentor had to be at least 20 years younger than us.  We would not be mentoring them, he said.  They would be mentoring us.  This week I learned something that surprised me.  Gen Z--defined as someone born in the year 2000 or later--is the largest generation in human history. Over the next 10 years, 1.3 billion of them will enter the global workforce.  The very culture of the workplace itself is changing. As the number of Gen Z-ers in the workfore grows, older and younger generations will both need to adapt.  It's an opportunity for them to mentor each other.