Generation Z
Overcoming the Most Common Mistake Educators Make Leading Generation Z
16shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore In 2010, Christopher Havens was sure he’d hit rock bottom. That year, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder. Soon after, a fight earned Havens time in a solitary confinement cell at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. When he arrived…
Continue ReadingWhat the GameStop Market Surge Teaches Us About Generation Z & Millennials
5shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore For years, younger generations have been the brunt of jokes by older generations who felt they were immature, lazy slackers who moved back home after college. A Twitter hashtag called, #HowToConfuseAMillennial even went viral, as social media posts often do. Some samples are: Show them a…
Continue ReadingHow to Help Gen Z Develop Empathy in Personal Relationships
15shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog is from Grace Hooley. Grace is a next gen researcher, writer, and Content Coordinator for Growing Leaders. While I (Grace) was in university, I studied with a fellow peer who had his finger on the pulse of the world. In every class or club he was in,…
Continue ReadingHelping Generation Z Use Self-Awareness to Create Self-Confidence
9shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn It didn’t take long for people to recognize that Babe Ruth was a special athlete. The Sultan of Swat was a natural baseball player, better at hitting and pitching than most ballplayers in his time. In fact, at one point, a researcher from Columbia University coaxed him to undergo…
Continue ReadingHow to Help Generation Z Redefine Resilience and Overcome Life’s Challenges
13shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I’ve been white water rafting twice in my life, once in California and once in Colorado. It’s completely different from the lazy river rafting I’ve enjoyed on the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta. When rafting on the rapids, I don’t go out without an experienced guide who knows how to…
Continue ReadingHow to Prepare Gen Z for the ‘New Normal’ After the Pandemic
10shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn When I was a young kid, seat belts were introduced to automobiles. I remember in 1968 when the federal government made them mandatory. At first, they were only lap belts with no strap across the chest. People claimed they hindered movement and wrinkled their clothes. It was a strange…
Continue ReadingFive Ingredients to Help Students Recover Following a Pandemic
16shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn The population of young people, ages 16 to 24, were already facing mental health problems. Now they feel delayed by COVID-19, and it has added to their anxiety levels. This portion of Generation Z and Millennials are disadvantaged. While it sounds strong, many of them feel: Postponed Pushed aside…
Continue ReadingAsk Don’t Tell: What We Could Learn From Gen Z During a Pandemic
7shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I know four sets of parents who are now at odds with their young adult children. The kids are between the ages of 17 and 24. Each of these families are experiencing more arguments than normal, and the young people all seem to possess underlying anger directed at the…
Continue ReadingSeven Reasons Why So Many Teens Are Involved in Protests
8shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Parents of high school students have been shocked by how many teens have leapt onto the scene with such strong emotions at the protests across America. Parents who assumed their child thought just like they did have seen a new side to their sons and daughters. Parents who felt…
Continue ReadingHow Three Young Leaders Went Beyond Boasting and Posting to Hosting
2shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn As sad as they are, I find that treasures often emerge after a tragedy. That’s exactly what we’ve seen in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Over the last several weeks, the whole world has witnessed protesters, mostly young…
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