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Three Social and Emotional Skills to Prepare Gen Z for Their Careers
17shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Laura is an HR executive who just finished her 14th interview in a single week with a prospective job candidate. We spoke by phone at the end of her week, and she told me she was exhausted. When I said I understood her natural weariness, she said it wasn’t the…
Continue ReadingFive Tips for Accelerating Growth through Feedback
13shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn The ability to think about yourself from the outside in, like a camera observing from a corner of the room, is a distinctly human capacity. But unless you are actually watching a recording of yourself, the ability to get an accurate outside perspective is limited. You can’t even hear your…
Continue ReadingWhat Employers Should Expect from Generation Z: Vocation Rotation
17shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn My head was spinning after talking to Zoe, a 21-year-old who’s quite ambitious. She is taking college courses, has a job on campus, as well as two-side hustles, one as an Uber driver and the other, an app-based non-profit leader Zoe started herself to launch her career. She has some…
Continue ReadingHow to Lead in Times of Change
9shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn As a kid, I vividly remember getting my first cavity. I had never heard of such a thing, but the dentist explained that I had a hole in my tooth’s enamel that needed a filling. If that news wasn’t bad enough, he went on to ask, “Do you think you…
Continue ReadingEight Sticky Traits of Uncommon Leaders
22shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Years ago, I spoke at an awards banquet for a large corporation on the West Coast. A woman named Julia received an “uncommon leadership” award that evening for taking her department to an entirely new level of performance. Her team had doubled their results, year-over-year, even in the midst of…
Continue ReadingTwo Paradoxes Every Leader Faces
2shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I was asked to observe student leaders in action on a university campus last spring. My goal was to watch them facilitate a service project and offer helpful feedback afterward. As you can imagine, I watched the students work with great passion. I saw them making attempts to find their…
Continue ReadingExcellence Fatigue: The Normalization of Defects
7shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I am pleased to post a brief, but relevant article today from our new president at Growing Leaders: Steve Moore. I have known Steve for over three decades and he is one of the finest leaders I know. He now leads the operations at Growing Leaders, bringing a wealth of…
Continue ReadingThe State of Today’s Students Around the World
3shares Facebook Twitter 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 Atlanta.…
Continue Reading10 Steps to Help Recent College Graduates with Interviews
22shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Picture this scenario: Your young graduate sends out her resume to several potential employers hoping for a great job to open up. Lo and behold, three job offers end up coming her way. But which should she choose? Such a decision seems more stressful than it was in past generations.…
Continue ReadingFive Errors Parents Must Correct to Prepare Generation Z for a Career
17shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn A friend of mine sent me a Twitter thread that vividly illustrates the need for better leadership in our homes. I will keep the people involved anonymous, as the story you’re about to read borders on unbelievable. It happened recently at a workplace and involved a supervisor and her young…
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