Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
Life-Giving Cultures with Dave Katz
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tim Elmore interviews President and COO of Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Dave Katz. Tim and Dave talk about the components of a healthy life-giving culture, the importance of core values and how to best apply these in your own work environments. Dave Katz is one of the featured speakers for our…
Continue ReadingUnstoppable Cultures with Ginger Hardage
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tim Elmore interviews Ginger Hardage, the former Senior Vice President of Culture and Communications at Southwest Airlines who has now launched Unstoppable Cultures, a brand designed to help organizations create and sustain cultures of enduring greatness. On this episode, Ginger shares the core values of Southwest Airlines, stories of her…
Continue ReadingGen Z Slang Terms You Should Know
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Do you know the slang terms of this generation? Parents, teachers, coaches, and employers usually don’t need to worry about the new slang terms that students invent and use. It’s something that comes with every generation of kids. However, there’s one caveat. Some terms can have harmful or double meaning…
Continue ReadingGender Confusion in our Kids
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I am blogging all week about the best questions I received last Saturday when I spoke at a parenting conference at Northridge Church, just outside of Detroit. It was a great day of dialogue and the parents were full of insightful questions. Here is another below. Question: “It seems like…
Continue ReadingAre Video Games Bad?
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Last Saturday, I was hosted by Northridge Church who held an incredible parenting conference for 550 parents in the Plymouth, Michigan community. I had a blast, hanging out with such engaged moms and dads who want to lead their kids well. This week, I am blogging about the most common…
Continue ReadingYouth Revolutions: We’ve Only Seen the Beginning
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn The revolts and protests we’re hearing about every day in the news have a few ingredients in common. Have you noticed them? – They are led by a swelling population of young adults. – They occur when youth have too much time on their hands. – They happen when established…
Continue ReadingGeneration Y: What Are They Thinking (Part 4 of 4)
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn All week, I’ve been blogging about what Generation Y is thinking. Today, I want to wrestle with a paradoxical reality they face every week: their obsession with both authenticity and appearance. Stop and think for a moment. Few would argue that teens today value authenticity. They want to “keep it…
Continue ReadingGeneration Y: What Are They Thinking? (Part 3 of 4)
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn This week, I’m blogging about what Generation Y is thinking. While no generation wants to be profiled or put in a box, this student generation thinks so much alike when it comes to social issues. You can tell they’re a connected generation, from California to Singapore. Today—I want to talk…
Continue ReadingGeneration Y: What Are They Thinking? (Part 1 of 4)
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn The rest of this week, I plan to blog about what’s on the mind of young adults today, the ones from Generation Y (born 1984-2002). In addition to our research with college students, Pew Research and Barna Reports have given us the latest read on this emerging generation and their…
Continue ReadingNever Lose Your Humanity to Technology
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Here’s a sad story. In Manchester, England, a man was accused of killing his neighbor after a miscommunication triggered by the auto correct spelling feature on the man’s cell phone. It sounds crazy. It all started when the defendant, 33-year Neil Brook claims he was texting his friend Josef Witkowski.…
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