The Future Begins with Z with Tim Elmore and John Maxwell

Maxwell Leadership Podcast

John Maxwell

Business, Leadership, Education, Johnmaxwell

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

75% of managers report that Gen Z is the toughest generation to lead, and 30% have fired a Gen Z employee within a month of hiring them. Can you relate? Gen Z is in the workforce and they're here to stay – so tune in to today's bonus episode of the Maxwell Leadership Podcast to learn how to lead them most effectively!

Join John Maxwell, Mark Cole, and Tim Elmore for a deep dive into Tim's newest book, The Future Begins with Z, and a powerful discussion poised to help you get the most out of your youngest team members and turn one of today's greatest leadership challenges into your organization's competitive advantage.

Key takeaways:

Meet them in the middle. While Gen Z brings fresh perspectives and intuition about the future, they also want guidance from experienced leaders.

Focus on meaning over money. While fair compensation is important, leaders can inspire greater loyalty by giving them meaningful objectives and the flexibility to tackle them creatively.

Open lines of communication. Gen Z wants to have their voice heard.

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. Our podcast is committed to you. We want to add value to you with the expectation you will multiply that value to those that look to your influence.
0:19.0	Today I'm super excited. In fact, guys, I'm just going
0:21.4	to tell you, pan out, give the other camera angle, because in studio with me today, guys,
0:27.2	rum roll John Maxwell, the founder of Maxwell podcast in studio. And why? Because I'm here? No,
0:34.3	because I'm here a lot. He's here because our other guest, not really a guest, is Tim Elmore.
0:40.3	And many of you on the Maxwell Leadership Podcast, you know Tim Elmore as the author of a new kind of diversity, a book that's just come out in the last year.
0:48.3	It's killing it.
0:49.3	In today's workforce, there are over five generations now, working in the same environment for the first
0:55.7	time in history of mankind. This book is a must read, pick it up, a new kind of diversity,
1:01.3	but that's so last year, Tim. Yes, it is. That's so last. We have a new generation to talk about.
1:05.1	Yes, we do. And today we're going to be talking about the future begins with Z. This book comes out next Tuesday. It's not even out yet,
1:13.7	but my podcast family, you get a chance to get it today. In fact, if you go to Maxwellpodcast.com
1:21.1	forward slash gin Z, that's a mouthful. Yes, it is. Maxwellpodcast.com forward slash gen Z. We'll put that in the show notes. You'll be able to pick up the book. You can go wherever you buy books and we'll do it. But John, Tim, you guys have been working together for over 60 years, I think. Not 60 years. Oh, 70. Maybe 8. I don't know.
1:45.6	This has been a long time.
1:46.4	Yes.
1:52.2	You guys have been working together seriously for 40 plus years on impacting the next generation.
1:57.1	So John, you saw Tim when he was the next generation and brought him on.
1:59.5	So talk a little bit about Tim and coming along and helping him. Oh, my gosh.
2:00.6	When Tim came on to help me, the good news is he had great creativity and great
2:04.4	enthusiasm and that's all. Just trust me. Everything else I had to kind of channel. Yeah, you did.
2:10.5	You did. That's right. That's right. But what I love about Tim, he's such a great learner.
2:16.8	And you just share with him what he needs to do and he did it.
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