Working While Black: Black Baby Boomers Discuss Working Amidst Racial Trauma in Current News Part I
Release Date: 06/10/2021
What Gen Z Wants Around the World
The Generational View
It is no secret that Gen Z is different. This guest featured on this episode of The Generational View is a reminder that although Gen Z may be different, not all are created equal. We speak to an individual who has lived in an impressive six countries, when he’s only in his twenties. He does not speak for all Gen Zers around the globe, but he certainly has a unique worldly perspective to share with you and reminds us how truly connected we all are. Our Guest Master's in international business Graduate and two-time Google intern. He moved to the US to pursue his career dream: working...
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Parenting the Passion in Gen Z (Part II)
The Generational View
Through our What Gen Z Wants series on The Generational View, I am even more hopeful about Generation Z soon leading in workplaces and institutions. It’s no secret that Gen Z is different from any previous generation, and these most recent episodes of The Generational View are meant to help us understand how parenting has played a role in that, from shaping their values to shepherding their experiences. Our Guests Bethany Tebbe is one part development professional, one part geek and 98 parts drive-her-son-everywhere-he-need-to-go-while-entertaining-the-toddler. She has a Bachelor’s...
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Parenting the Passion in Gen Z (Part I)
The Generational View
In the last four episodes here on The Generational View, we’ve heard about Gen Zers from those who teach them and engage with them in schools, and those who manage them in the workplace. In the next two episodes of The Generational View, we’ll hear from those that do these things as well… just in the home… holding down one of the most important and toughest jobs in the world - parents. It’s no secret that Gen Z is different from any previous generation and these episodes are meant to help us understand how parenting has played a role in that, from shaping their values to shepherding...
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Managing the Passion in Gen Z (Part II)
The Generational View
For many Generation Zers, our guests today have provided them with their first job or other valuable resources to prepare them for their future. The Generational View podcast is excited to not only share the necessary work they do, but their insightful perspectives on how to best manage and lead Generation Z. Our Guests Danya Perry is Director of Equitable Economic Development and Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with two large community organizations. He is co-author of two books “Preventing Violence & Crime in America’s Schools: From Put Downs to Lock...
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Managing the Passion in Gen Z (Part I)
The Generational View
In this episode, we continue to speak with the people who engage with Gen Zers on a daily basis. Throughout the What Gen Z Wants series on The Generational View podcast, you have been enamored and impressed by our Gen Zers, but how will you engage with them, motivate them, retain them as an X, Millennial, Baby Boomer or Gen Zer yourself? In this two-part series I will speak to four of them…. currently leading our future workforce and upcoming leaders. Our Guests Pilar McDonald is Co-founder of Project Matriarch, an organization that helps mothers and other caregivers dedicate...
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Managing the Passion in Gen Z (Part I)
The Generational View
In this episode, we continue to speak with the people who engage with Gen Zers on a daily basis. Throughout the What Gen Z Wants series on The Generational View podcast, you have been enamored and impressed by our Gen Zers, but how will you engage with them, motivate them, retain them as an X, Millennial, Baby Boomer or Gen Zer yourself? In this two-part series I will speak to four of them…. currently leading our future workforce and upcoming leaders. Our Guests Pilar McDonald is Co-founder of Project Matriarch, an organization that helps mothers and other caregivers dedicate...
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Higher Ed Professionals Talk Gen Z and Social Justice (Part II)
The Generational View
On this episode of The Generational View, we invited two more Higher Educational professionals to discuss their day-to-day experiences with the often misunderstood and feared Generation Z, and how they empower and engage with their students. As explored in previous episodes of The Generational View, the expectations that Gen Z has for the workplace and society are unprecedented compared to what we’ve seen in Millennials or any other previous generations. It’s important to listen to and understand what Gen Z wants, or companies and institutions that fail to do so will get left behind....
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Higher Ed Professionals Talk Gen Z & Social Justice (Part I)
The Generational View
Season 2 of The Generational View Podcast continues with exploring the perspectives of those who teach and lead Gen Zers on a daily basis. As we have learned, Gen Z is just different... than any generation that has come before them. Maybe you’ve been surprised or delighted to learn just how much, but they are indeed. We’re about to hear a thought-provoking and analytical conversation with two Higher Educational professionals on traits, beliefs and behaviors that they encounter in their Gen Z students. Our Guests: Stacia Solomon is a proud Gen Xer with over two decades in...
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What Gen Z Wants: Indigenous Gen Zers Talk Workplace & Societal Expectations
The Generational View
In this final episode of the What Gen Z Wants series on The Generational View, I sit down with two Indigenous Gen Zers to hear about their expectations of society, the workplace, leaders, government and so much more. As you know by now, this series It's not solely about hearing What Gen Z Wants. It is also about exploring how these wants, expectations, etc. might differ across identities, specifically racial identities. Our Guests Destiny Rider is an Operations Management Specialist with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, Economics and Spanish. She is...
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What Gen Z Wants: Black Gen Zers Talk Workplace & Societal Expectations
The Generational View
When we dove into the idea of unpacking societal stressors on the youngest generation entering the workforce here on The Generational View podcast, our intent was to promote intergenerational understanding and create an overall more efficient workplace environment with that newly found connection. What we actually found is that this powerful generation has a lot to say, when given a safe platform to speak on. So we will continue our journey on the What Gen Z Wants series of The Generational View podcast to hear just what they have to say… If you missed the last conversations with...
info_outlineThroughout our Working While Black series here on The Generational View, we have explored the generational similarities and differences among generations when it comes to their thoughts, feelings, and experiences working while Black amidst the traumatic events taking place in the news, specifically regarding Black lives and law enforcement. We conclude this series with thought-provoking conversation with two emotionally available Black Baby Boomers.
Our Guests
Dr. Angela Wheeler is an accomplished Family Medicine and Sports Medicine Physician and was one of 10 physicians selected to support the U.S. Olympic team in Sydney Australia. Ben Harrigan is Director in Market Risk Management for a large financial institution. He’s the father of two Gen Zers-- age 18 and age 15.
What you will hear in this episode:
- How racial stress affects their ability to show up as their whole selves at work (3:33)
- How COVID-19 has exacerbated some of that racial stress (12:06)
- What they expect from the companies/ institutions they work for regarding the fight for racial equity and Black lives (25:57)
- What they request of their non-Black colleagues, friends, and peers regarding the same (29:59)
- Advice they would give other Black Baby Boomers and professionals on coping with racial trauma (38:10)