GenerationXpert

It's been a really long time since I posted to this blog. Frankly, I was kind of over the whole generations thing. But recently something has made me want to vent. I've read more and more stuff...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2014/01/its-not-over-for-gen-x.html

I was hanging out with my Gen Y friends and my Gen X husband last night and I found out the most interesting thing about this cohort - they never really went through a phase where they were convi...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/07/something-i-didnt-know-about-gen-y.html

You see a lot written about how Gen Y doesn't buy into homeownership. But I have observed something very interesting going on in my neighborhood - after five or so years of Boomers moving out ...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/07/gen-y-good-neighbors-but-crazy-home.html

I decided to change up the look of my blog. It's been four years since I started this thing and I'm no longer trying to pose as Ms. Professionalism. I thought pink better reflected who I am to...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/06/brand-new-look-same-feisty.html

I had a great week last week. I was teaching a 4-day seminar and was interacting with some really great marketing minds. One question that came up in the end was what to do about a boss who is s...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/06/key-to-managing-your-boss-let-her-be.html

A few months back, my boss asked me if I could help him get a baseball cap embroidered with our company logo for a presentation he was doing. “Sure,” I said. “I know a guy.” My bos...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-know-guy.html

I was watching Oprah recently and she had on former Saturday Night Live comics including Tina Fey and Jane Curtin . What I thought was so interesting is how they described being a woman worki...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/04/tina-fey-throws-like-girl.html

I've been meaning to post something about this year's Oscars being symbolic in two ways regarding Generation X. The first is what I see as a parallel between The King's Speech winning best...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-we-can-learn-from-oscars-yes-i.html

I've been writing about Gen X for a long time. It started out as a response to all the "slacker" articles that were written about my generation in the last century. Seriously, even when they w...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-may-not-want-to-hear-it-but-you.html

It'll be 25 years since the space shuttle Challenger disaster. For Boomers, the question is always "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" For Xers, it's more likely to be "Where were you when y...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/01/where-were-you-when-you-heard-about.html

Today I read this post by a Gen Y blogger about why she thinks another blogger (Gen Xer Penelope Trunk ) gives bad career advice to Gen Y. While I agree that Penelope can be a little nutty, she...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-i-feel-sorry-for-gen-y.html

The results of yesterday's poll are in - it's worse to be fat than old. But not that much worse. I'd be curious if the results were divided among generational lines (My hypothesis is that Boom...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/01/results-are-in.html

Gabrielle Carteris is 50 ! How's that make you feel?

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2011/01/take-my-poll_04.html

We hear a lot about the importance of building your network . But in the 21st Century Information Age, what’s more important – your “local” network or your “global” network? As so...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-does-successful-networking-look.html

Thanks to my dad for this one.

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/12/gen-xers-in-retirement.html

I live in a smallish town in northern Michigan. The economy is depressed - and the autoworkers have a hard time finding jobs. However, although the media is constantly reporting how Michigan ne...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/10/indy-entrepreneurial-spirit-glows-in.html

It seems lately I haven’t had a lot of time to blog. And it’s sad, because it really is one of my favorite things to do. But since I have five minutes, I thought I’d pose the question �...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/09/whys-everyone-so-nasty.html

I want to tell you about Helen Wilkoszewski. She was my aunt and she died last month. She was 92. Everyone called her Auntie Helen. All my friends did, for sure. In fact, I doubt they even kne...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/08/auntie-helen.html

I often tell my buddies that I want to be a rock star in lifelong learning (the field I work in.) I recently saw that my online Gen X buddy Jason Seiden apparently wants to be a super agent (and ...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/06/rock-stars-and-super-agents.html

Two articles that recently discussed women in business this week made me want to puke. The first one is from the Wall Street Journal and asked the question “What’s holding back women entrepr...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-need-to-stop-looking-and-womens.html

A few weeks ago I had lunch with an old friend of mine. We don’t see each other as much as I like. Kids, jobs, and husbands seem to keep us both so busy. But when I do see her, we always ha...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/05/of-pushing-40-and-turning-my-back-on.html

Ever notice how Boomers seem to think everyone over 40 is a Boomer? It makes sense, because "age" is a big issue for Boomers. They'll never grow old. If you are a Boomer reading this, before yo...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/05/xers-will-never-grow-up-to-be-boomers.html

I was visiting Jason Seiden's website recently, and he had written something that has become one of my favorite new sayings: Dare To Fail Spectacularly. I think that line stuck with me so much...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/04/truth-about-taking-dare.html

I've been thinking a lot lately about what our employment will look like in the 21st Century. I am one of the fortunate few who not only have a job (with insurance) that I love - but I also am...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-will-employment-look-like-in-21st.html

I've been giving some thought today to the idea of "fairness." I started thinking about it when someone responded to something online with "In all fairness, I should be able to respond." I could...

http://genxpert.blogspot.com/2010/02/does-fairness-even-exist.html