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Making sense of Gen Z: Employers seek answers on managing younger workers

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Gen Z “whisperers” are guiding boardrooms to think strategically about recruiting and managing workers and capturing new customers.

Gen Z “whisperers” are guiding boardrooms to think strategically about recruiting and managing workers and capturing new customers.

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Anjli Raval

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Two years ago, Ms Jackie Cooper, chief brand officer at public relations firm Edelman, asked a panel of top marketing executives to name their biggest challenge. The answer took her by surprise.

“Every single one of the six said ‘Gen Z’,” she recalls. “I was knocked over by this.”

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