http://modite.com/blog Engagement for the next generation Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:35:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some might say Emily Gould is a twenty-six year old attention-craving narcissist. But I empathize with her. Nay, after reading her cover article in the New York Times magazine, I adore her (via Penelope Trunk). Then I read the response. So not worthy of the New York Times the commenters declared ... http://modite.com/blog/2008/05/28/what-generation-y-fears-the-most/ I really like alpha males – Hercules is the latest and perhaps greatest example in my line-up. Johannes is another. But these male leaders are not only a dying, but now an unnecessary breed. Evolution from an industrial to a knowledge economy realizes the day of Hercules – known for strength, ... http://modite.com/blog/2008/05/13/women-will-lead-generation-y-%e2%80%93-what-will-men-do/ You know, I get that change is hard. But it’s also inevitable. The world in which today’s young “will make choices and compose lives is one of disruption rather than certainty,” argues this report. Indeed, when I started my current job, there was much disruption. In the beginning, it was the ... http://modite.com/blog/2008/05/05/how-to-step-up-and-have-anything-but-a-normal-career/ http://modite.com/blog/2008/04/04/piles-not-files/ I thought something would happen the last week of March, but what was supposed to happen didn’t. See, I was supposed to figure out who the man of my dreams was this past week. Stop laughing. This is serious business. Last year, I felt overwhelmingly that this would happen in March ... http://modite.com/blog/2008/03/31/don%e2%80%99t-make-career-plans-%e2%80%93-here%e2%80%99s-why/ Here’s the thing. I work with a lot of men. During phone calls, I speak with men. For meetings, I sit down with men. At networking events, more men walk in the door than women. In particular, at entrepreneurial events there are lots and lots of men, ... http://modite.com/blog/2008/03/25/gen-y-women-%e2%80%93-out-of-the-workplace-woods/ http://modite.com/blog/2008/03/20/bottled-dreams/ Update: A version of this post was published here as an opinion editorial, and another version was featured here on Brazen Careerist. The pull Madison has is inexplicable, but powerful. It is this magic that sleeps in the winter, and then explodes in the spring like confetti on your twenty-first birthday, that makes ... http://modite.com/blog/2008/03/13/gen-y-to-cities-don%e2%80%99t-ignore-us/ http://modite.com/blog/2008/03/11/anticipating-spring/ On the third round of interviews for my current job, my interviewer was a Boomer whose opinion as the head of a similar and larger organization was valuable to my future Board. After talking about Gen Y leadership, in which I blatantly quoted my blog to close the deal, she asked me ... http://modite.com/blog/2008/03/10/back-off-gen-y%e2%80%99s-helicopter-parents-are-a-good-thing/