Archive · 11 Sep 2026
IIM Rohtak Director Urges Gen Z Focus for Effective Governance
Officials in government learned about leading younger workers.
Professor Dheeraj Sharma said Gen Z often wants learning, career growth, and a good workplace.
Many young workers may leave quickly if they are unhappy.
He said job titles alone do not make people respect a leader.
Leaders must show skill, fairness, and good performance.
Workers should have some freedom to make decisions and understand why their work matters.
Sharma also said meetings should be useful and officials should meet people directly.
He suggested an easy rating system so citizens can judge how well districts are governed.
IIM-Rohtak Director Dheeraj Sharma addressed leadership in governance at Amaravati’s 8th District Collectors’ Conference.
Sharma said Gen Z workers prioritize skill development, career growth, and workplace conditions over salary or job security alone.
He urged officials to earn staff respect through capability, performance, competence, knowledge, and engaging leadership.
Sharma recommended autonomy, mastery, purpose, selective recognition, focused meetings, and greater emphasis on preventing problems.
Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav called for systems strengthened through mentoring and attention to the “anger generation.”
- Who
- IIM-Rohtak Director Prof. Dheeraj Sharma, Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav, and other officials attending the collectors’ conference.
- What
- A session examined leadership in governance, Gen Z’s workplace expectations, and ways to improve administration.
- When
- At the 8th District Collectors’ Conference; the article does not provide a date.
- Where
- Amaravati, with the report datelined Vijayawada.
- Why
- To help officials lead newer employees effectively, improve administrative performance, and keep public welfare as the central goal.
- Event
- 8th District Collectors’ Conference
- First-time session
- A dedicated session on leadership in governance was held for the first time at a collectors’ conference, according to the report.
- Gen Z range
- Sharma defined Gen Z as people born between 1997 and 2013.
- Job movement
- Sharma said IIM studies found that 72% of people obtaining first jobs through campus interviews leave within a year.
- Public-sector recruitment
- He said seven out of 10 public-sector recruits reportedly have alternative offers.
- Meeting time
- Officials reportedly spend 35–40% of working hours in meetings, nearly 80% of which fail to deliver expected results.
- Governance proposal
- Sharma proposed a district governance rating system modeled on SPF ratings so citizens could assess administrative performance.