Predictions on Millennial Parenting Styles
Simply stated, early wave Millennials grew up in a culture of metrics. Our Boomer parents wanted to know if we were hitting benchmarks at the appropriate times, if we were where we were supposed to be for our age, etc. We grew up in an age of hyper-parenting. “Child safety” initiatives in overdrive was but a daily occurrence in our households. So much so that this extreme awareness of external factors that could possibly hinder achievement of childhood milestones was reflected in parenting styles shifting to everything being 100% child safe. Things MUST be “childproof” so nothing could stand in the way of the achievement of their special, one of a

Millennial Workplace Attitudes: The data
Gen Y is evolving. New data came out yesterday from a survey done by Career Edge Organization of 1000 Canadians ages 18-29. The results? Gen Y attributes more value to merit than they do to tenure when considering advancement at work. This theme of “quality over quantity” is also evident. They are tasks and results driven and want to be evaluated by their performance and not other attributes. Gen Y is a results-oriented group. They’re not going to wait patiently for their turn when it comes to promotions, raises, etc. if they’re doing higher quality work than someone with gr

Millennial Authoritariansim – Could it be so?
“A leader is a person whose charisma helps them to guide a group of people in a direction they believe is desirable. Someone with authority uses their power to guide a group of people in a direction they believe is desirable. The key difference is, of course, power. If a person has the ability force a person to perform a certain act, or the ability to otherwise coerce them, than that person is an authoritarian. They may also be a leader, but they are definitely an authoritarian. A leader guides people by the infectious nature of their vision. People want to follow them, but they are perfectly free not to. This freedom must include the clause “with no ne

Growing up in the Recession / Remembering the Depression
At this point in time, I don’t think it’s difficult to develop correlations to how growing up during the Depression is like growing up in the Recession: “Living through the Great Depression has caused me to be tight. I don’t ever want to throw anything away. My old coats, dresses and pant suits hang in the closet; well, we might need to use them again. I guess I’m not so bad that way now, but I used to be. My advice for the future: don’t splurge; be economical with everything.” – Verla Hendrickson Daniels Brienholt “I would say they

November Goals!
My October goals recap – 100% success: 1. TAKE MY ELMIRON CONSISTENTLY. NO EXCUSES. KILLED IT! 2. Blog at least once a week on either Heroes Rising or CLTBlog. KILLED THIS ONE AS WELL. I wrote up a storm Heroes Rising: GenY women in the workplace: Gossip – I was really stoked about this one because I got a Modite shoutout.