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Four Things You Should Watch to Better Understand Generation Z
4shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog is from Andrew McPeak. Andrew is a next gen researcher, speaker and the Vice President of Content for Growing Leaders. He is also the co-author of Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population. When I’m on the road and in conversations with…
Continue ReadingThe State of Today’s Students Around the World
3shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Three years ago, our organization, Growing Leaders, hosted focus groups of international leaders called Global Voices Gatherings. More than 30 leaders of youth organizations and educational institutions from 10 countries (including Singapore, Great Britain, Brazil, Ethiopia, Mexico, Canada, Egypt, South Africa, Italy, and the United States) joined us in…
Continue ReadingThree Leadership Topics to Discuss with Your Team
5shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Since the beginning of this year, I have experienced new territory as a leader. Change is in the wind. Major change. Our organization, Growing Leaders, endured a plateau in its growth, and some team members moved out of state. It forced our leadership’s team members to examine ourselves in…
Continue ReadingOne Counterintuitive Secret to Use with Your Kids
20shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn When I was young, my dad worked hard at his job and often was busy away from home doing that job; earning a living and providing for his family. My parents had a good marriage and both found a way to divide the family responsibilities between mom, dad and…
Continue ReadingThe Latest Research on the Mental Effects of Social Media Usage
29shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I have a deal to make with you. If you’ll read the research below on what screen time is doing to teenagers in America, and you feel it might be helpful for your young people to know about this research—print this article, grab a latte together and talk it…
Continue ReadingSurvey Results: Today’s Students Are Skipping College
7shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I’ll never forget reading the statistic, “90 percent of millennials who graduate from high school attend college within eight years.” That was the highest number on record and would have tilted the workforce in both positive and negative ways. (Very good to have so many college-educated professionals. Not so…
Continue ReadingSix Ways to Separate Your Kids from Their Phones
17shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Do you remember what life was like before we had smartphones? How about life before cell phones? I do. And while I love my iPhone today, sometimes I miss the days when we weren’t tethered to our portable devices. The New York Times recently ran an article that caught…
Continue ReadingIs it OK for Boomerang Kids to Move Back Home?
1shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I frequently have parents ask me if it’s wrong to allow young adult children to move back home with them after they have moved out or following graduation from college. In some countries around the world it is perfectly normal. In others, it is a sign of unreadiness and…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Reducing Moral Hazards with Students
14shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Last year, two educators shared a similar story with me about students who learned how to work the “school system.” Each of the students purposely did poorly on their exams at the beginning of the school year. They answered questions almost randomly. By midterm, they put more thought into…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Radical Independence
1shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn This week, Americans celebrate our anniversary as a nation. But did you know that when the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical. Although some politicians advocated independence from England—the average American,…
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