Coaching by experienced workers can give Gen Z a confidence boost

Some 55% of Gen Z workers are anxious about the next step in their careers

Dr Race says the lower confidence and higher anxiety levels of Gen Z survey respondents are unlikely to be resolved by simply pulling all younger workers back into the office. Mentoring and coaching may offer a better approach to engaging staff.

Experienced workers can play a vital mentoring role in helping new recruits feel they are valued in evolving hybrid work environments, says one leading workplace psychologist.

Dr Mary-Clare Race, psychologist and chief innovation and product officer at LHH (the HR solutions division of The Adecco Group, the talent advisory and solutions company), says employers are finding a number of unfamiliar challenges as they seek to regroup following the pandemic.