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The Generational View
The Generational View is a panel-based podcast focused on cross-generational conversations about important matters impacting society, culture and the workplace.
Episode Summary 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 Marco Scannavino has a Master's in International Business Graduate and is a two-time Google intern. He moved to the US to pursue his career dream: working in the Silicon Valley startup tech ecosystem. On his social media platforms, he tries to raise awareness on social topics like climate change, innovation in education and work as well as racial, gender, and social equality.
What you’ll hear in this episode - How generational terminology is commonly used in other countries
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How generational differences show up in global conversations
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The importance of a company’s commitment to DEI
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The role geography plays in job selection Guest Spotlight
MARCO SCANNAVINO
Marco is a 24-year old Italian Master's graduate in International Business, who moved to the US to pursue his career dream: working in the Silicon Valley startup tech ecosystem. In his social media, he tries to raise awareness on social topics like climate change, innovation in education and work as well as racial, gender, and social equality. He completed the Charlotte Marathon and he loves sports.
Episode Summary 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 in Art History and a Master’s in International Relation - specifically African Studies and Public Health. Debra Bouyer is a Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, & Inclusion Program Manager for a scientific nonprofit organization. She has a Bachelor’s in Sociology and certificates in Paralegal Studies and Diversity & Inclusion.
What you’ll hear in this episode - What makes Gen Z different from their generation
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The prevalence of lawnmower parenting and how it affects children
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How cultural differences affect parenting styles
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The effect that social and political issues have on their parenting Guest Spotlight
BETHANY TEBBE
One part development professional, one part geek and 98 parts drive my son everywhere he needs to go while entertaining the toddler (that would be Milk, our tripod pup) single mom. Through it all, we're learning to navigate work, life and racial equality together.
DEBRA BOUYER
Debra L. Bouyer is the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, & Inclusion Program Manager for a scientific nonprofit organization, FASEB since October 2020. Her experience developing programs to promote a diverse and inclusive work culture for a Fortune 100 company led her to leave a career in Compliance to pursue her passion to work in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through the development of innovative programs, her work will make a positive impact on our scientists from historically excluded communities in the biological and biomedical sciences.
Debra is a huge proponent in the power of mentoring and its impact on the lives of others, particularly our younger generation from underrepresented communities.
Debra holds a BA in Sociology (University at Albany) and certificates in Paralegal Studies (NYU) and Diversity & Inclusion (Cornell).
Debra is married and has two children.
Episode Summary 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 their experiences. Our Guests Dan McGurrin is a currently self-employed former Executive Education leader for over 25 years. He has a Bachelor’s of Communications, MBA in International Marketing, and a Ph.D in Executive Leadership. Michelle Brief-McGurrin is a Global Project Leader for a large medical technology company. Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science and is bilingual in English and French.
What you’ll hear in this episode - What makes Gen Z distinctly different from other generations, from their perspective, and how those differences have impacted how they parent their Gen Zers.
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How the way they were parented influenced how they parent their children
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How lawnmower parenting affects how Gen Z shows up to the workplace
- Balancing their Gen Z’s passion with respect for authority Guest Spotlight
DANIEL MCGURRIN
Dr. Dan McGurrin recently completed a 25-year university-based career working with HR and Business Leaders to develop learning activities aligned with strategic initiatives.
Today Dan is continuing this work as a consultant and teacher, offering organizational needs analysis and development, leadership/management program design and delivery, and team/executive coaching. His sessions focus on developing global/diverse teams, agile leaders, and early career high performers.
MICHELLE BRIEF-MCGURRIN
Michelle is a Human Resources Professional who specializes in Talent Acquisition, Career Management, and Strategic Business Partners.
She is a bilingual (English/French) professional with expertise in organizational and personal development, employee relations, diversity management, and training. She demonstrates a knowledge of HR systems and learning strategies, with a passion for candidate relationships and business partnerships.
She enjoys setting initiatives in motion and delivering projects that strive towards operational and process best practices, enabling change management that adds value to employees and the business. She is recognized as an effective partner and innovative thinker. She has a history of leveraging human capital through culture building and creating organizations able to attract, retain and develop top talent.
Episode Summary 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 Downs,” and “The Secrets for Motivating, Educating, and Lifting the Spirits of African-American Males.” Yarbrah Peeples is Senior Director of Programs for a large college non-profit specializing in college access. She is also Founder and CEO of The Peeples Advantage, which offers specialized coaching and guidance to individuals and groups seeking support on their educational and career journey.
What you’ll hear in this episode - Coaching a passionate generation in a realistic work environment without putting out their fire
- The expectations Gen Z has for the workforce
-How can organizations leverage the passion Gen Z has for social issues Guest Spotlight
YARBRAH PEEPLES
Yarbrah Peeples is Senior Director of Programs, East for College Advising Corps (CAC), a national college access nonprofit that works to increase the number of first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students who earn postsecondary credentials. Prior to joining CAC’s national team, Yarbrah launched and led the University of Georgia’s CAC chapter. She began her career as a consultant with Accenture before discovering her passion for higher education. She’s served as assistant director for the TRIO Student Support Services program at Florida State University and later as senior assistant director of admissions and alumni relations at UGA. Prior to her current role at CAC, Yarbrah served as Regional Director for Georgia and South Carolina. Yarbrah holds a PhD in higher ed from the University of Georgia, an MS in higher ed from Florida State, and a BS and MBA from Florida A&M.
DANYA PERRY
Danya Perry serves as the Director, Equitable Economic Development with Wake County Economic Development (WCED) and Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. In this role, Perry supports efforts to ensure economic development in Wake County’s most vulnerable communities. This includes increasing economic mobility, workforce development, strengthening municipal economic ecosystems, and supporting small businesses. To support existing industries in their DEI journey, Perry leads the Chamber’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Alliance. The Alliance’s vision is to lead in making the Triangle region the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive business environment in the country.
Episode Summary 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 the time and energy they desire to their work. Lola McAllister is Co-Founder and Co-Director of Project Matriarch and is passionate about entrepreneurship for genuine social good. Alexis Hardy-Wills serves as the National Real Estate Pathway Manager for an organization that provides marginalized high school seniors industry-specific career advancement opportunities through paid internship experiences.
What you’ll hear in this episode - The differences they see in Gen Z compared to other generations and how they manage that
- How the organizing capacity of Gen Z can be of benefit to organizations
-The benefits that Gen Z brings to the workplace
-Balancing the idealism of Gen Z with the reality of the current workplace Guest Spotlight
ALEXIS HARDY-WILLS
Alexis Hardy-Wills is an alumna of Spelman College with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology. She joined Urban Alliance, a youth development non-profit in August 2018. She now serves as the National Real Estate Pathway Manager for UA’s pilot pathway, Property Management which launched in late 2020. This pathway program provides marginalized high school seniors industry-specific career advancement opportunities through paid internship experiences.
Before joining UA, she served as an AmeriCorps Achievement Fellow with Higher Achievement—a nonprofit organization specializing in middle school academic support and enrichment. Alexis also has previous teaching experience with kindergarten, fifth, and sixth-grade students.
Her years of mentoring, teaching, and building connections with young people are evidence of her strong passion for educating the minds and hearts of every youth.
PILAR MCDONALD
Pilar is a second year at Brown University studying Environmental Studies and Public Health. Pilar uses she/her pronouns and co-founded Project Matriarchs on a year off from college with her best friend, Lola.
LOLA MCALLISTER
Lola McAllister is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of a startup organization called Project Matriarchs, leading the movement to activate Gen Z around equity for caregivers in the US. She is also a sophomore at Stanford studying Anthropology and Latin American Cultures. She is passionate about entrepreneurship for genuine social good and in my free time she likes to read nonfiction about things she is curious about, cook vegetables, and be active.
Episode Summary 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. That’s why we’re having these important conversations All About Gen Z on Season 2 of The Generational View. Our Guests Steve Gallagher, a proud Gen X with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications and Master’s in Strategic Leadership and Organizational Change, has over 20 years of experience in the higher education field. He currently serves as Advisor to Administration at an arts school, and is a certified emotional intelligence coach and has a coaching practice with the goal of living a more balanced and fulfilled life. Juaquin Sims is a Program Director at an Ivy League University and Board Member of the Young Education Professionals. He is a Millennial with Bachelor’s Degree in English Education and Literature and Master’s Degree in Higher Education.
What you’ll hear in this episode - How the characteristics of Generation Z impact how they engage with their students
- Balancing the change that needs to happen with the systems that need to exist
-The evolution of social justice in their institutions and curriculums
-The strengths and opportunities that Gen Z brings to the workplace Guest Spotlight
STEVE GALLAGHER
Steve has 20 years of experience in higher ed leadership including enrollment management, leadership & personal development, and senior leadership in student life.
Currently, Steve serves as an advisor to administration at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Outside of the university, Steve works with Millennial & Gen Z leaders around the U.S. on various initiatives surrounding emotional intelligence, spiritual formation, and organizational change.
JUAQUIN SIMS
Juaquín Sims is the director of the Cardinal Careers program at Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service. The program strives to make public service careers visible, valued and accessible to Stanford students.
Prior to working at Stanford, Juaquín worked in graduate admissions at the University of San Francisco, where he also coordinated a first-generation peer mentoring and summer bridge program. He also co-founded a project that provided college exploration and mentoring for Indigenous students in North Dakota.
Juaquín has worked with the New York City DOE and multiple nonprofits. He currently is a SF Bay Area board member for Young Education Professionals, developing professional development experiences for early to mid-career educators.
Juaquín aims to create a space for young people to be engaged, thoughtful, and resourceful global citizens with the tools and support
Episode Summary 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 the field of education. She has a Bachelor’s of Science in Management/Marketing and a Master’s of Education. Kelvin Rutledge is a Millennial with a Bachelor’s of Science in Political Science, a Master’s of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. He has served over a decade across various leadership roles within various state, regional, and national higher education and career services associations. Additionally, he volunteers with various community initiatives and serves on the City of New Haven LGBTQ+ Youth Task Force.
What you’ll hear in this episode - The experiences or characteristics they find that are distinctly different than their own generation
- How the constant access to information has affected younger generations
-How the passion for social justice shows up in their students
- How they deal with the duality that the system SHOULD be dismantled while knowing that it cannot be Guest Spotlight
STACIA SMITH SOLOMON
Stacia is an enthusiastic, dedicated and creative professional skilled with a diverse background of providing a positive direction for students’ social, emotional and academic success. She has two decades in the field of Education serving in roles such as Departmental Director, Assistant Director, Program Coordinator/Supervisor, Instructor/Teacher, Advisor and Student Affairs Officer. Her expertise is in training through workshops in areas such as leadership, self-esteem, multiculturalism, academic success and time management. She has served ten plus years experience working with historically underrepresented student populations – African American, Native American & Hispanic/Latino from high school through graduate levels of education, and six plus years of classroom teaching experience, which includes secondary and post-secondary levels of education.
KELVIN RUTLEDGE
Kelvin Rutledge is a people-first, goal-oriented higher education professional within the New England region of the United States. With over 13 years of professional experience, he centers and values equity, innovation, and collaboration to meet the needs of students, academic faculty and staff, and external organizations as the Director of Career & Professional Development at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut. Kelvin has served in various leadership roles within various state, regional, and national higher education and career services associations. Additionally, he volunteers with various community initiatives and serves on the City of New Haven LGBTQ+ Youth Task Force.
Episode Summary
We're halfway through Season 2 of The Generational View podcast which is All About Gen Z! In today's episode, Raven is joined by Steven Robertson, a Generation Z, Millennial and Alpha Gen specialist for our first Expert Interview of the season. The discussion in 'Aliens Among Us: The Disconnected Generation', further centers around Gen Z and why this generation is different, or as Steven says, "Aliens". This is so important because Gen Z will be 25% of the workforce by 2025!
Our Guest Steven is CEO of Bold Education, an organization that specializes in youth to adult programming that turns curiosity into passion and skill. He serves as a Consultant to business on how to recruit, hire, onboard, train, retain and manage the next generation.
Episode Summary 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 committed to positively impacting the world around her and is currently looking for opportunities within the D.C. area to advance racial justice and equity within organizations. Lindsey is a Sales Manager with a large retail optical store chain, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Tribal Management. She is a member of the Wah-Zha-Zhi (Osage) Nation of Paw-huska.
What you’ll hear in this episode - How remote job opportunities have become the “norm” for this generation’s job search
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The role that organizations and institutions should have in solving societal issues
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How they feel about societal issues in the workplace
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The changes they hope to see in the workplace atmosphere and society in general with generations to come Guest Spotlight
DESTINY RIDER
Destiny is a young professional learning and growing within the justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion space hoping to support positive societal change. She is a new resident of Washington D.C. and is looking for opportunities to advance racial justice and equity within an organization and/or the government.
LINDSEY BETH ROBINSON-BOYLE
Lindsey Robinson-Boyle is a member of the Osage (Wah-Zha-Zhi) Nation of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Born and raised in Aurora, Co, she now lives in Lawrence, KS with her husband and their two cats. Her motto is "Find Your Fire"
Episode Summary Welcome, welcome back listeners! I’m thankful to have you dedicated listeners for the next journey through our Gen Z series here on The Generational View. We still have so much to unpack.
Today, we meet three exceptional White Gen Zers. There might be a bit of discomfort within some of us when we say “White gen Zers.” And the reason for that is because many of us historically have not seen “White” as a racial identity, particularly those who are White. But it, in fact, is. Being White impacts how one experiences America just as much as being Black or Asian or Latin X or Indigenous does.
Our Guests Alena Bennett Turner is a logistics Quality Engineer at a large technology company, working on continuous improvement and logistics emission reduction efforts with a Bachelor of Business Administration - Logistics, Materials and Supply Chain Management. Andrew Roth the founder and CEO of GenZ Designs, a research and consultancy company focused on Gen Z. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Human Organizational Development with a concentration in Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness.
What you’ll hear in this episode - What they feel are Gen Z’s miscommunication issues regarding racial equality
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Why their generation feels it’s important to support small businesses
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What’s important to them when starting careers
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How expectations of “follow through” echo in their political and occupational standards Guest Spotlight
JAYMIE WHITE
Jaymie is a Divisional Recruiter in Life Sciences and Clinical Solutions. She holds a Bachelors of Applied Science degree with a Minor in Marketing Management. She's eager to learn, grow, and adapt to the world around her.
ANDREW ROTH
Andrew is the founder and CEO of GenZ Designs, a research and consultancy company focused on Gen Z. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Human Organizational Development with a concentration in Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness. Andrew is a curious and creative leader in pursuit of knowledge, growth, and sustainable positive impact. His interests include psychology, consumer behavior, poetry, and experiencing the world.
ALENA BENNETT TURNER
Alena is a Logistics Quality Engineer working on continuous improvement and logistics emission reduction efforts. After graduating from North Carolina State University with a degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Supply Chain Management, she joined a three year rotational talent development program in tech focused on developing next-generation leaders.