New research by Tim Elmore, founder and president of a non-profit, Growing Leaders: Gen Y (and iY) kids born between 1984 and 2002 have grown up in an age of instant gratification. iPhones, iPads, instant messaging and immediate access to data is at their fingertips, he says. Their grades in school are often negotiated by parents rather than earned and they are praised for accomplishing little. They have hundreds of Facebook and Twitter friends, but often few real connections. He also tells true stories like these: When a college freshman received a C- on her first test, she literally had a meltdown in class. Sobbing, she texted her mother who called back, demanding to talk to the professor immediately (he, of course, declined). Another mother accompanied her child on a job interview, then wondered why he didnt get the job. A major employer reported that during a job interview, a potential employee told him that she would have his job within 18 months. It didnt even cross her mind that he had worked 20 years to achieve his goal.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 02:25:36 +0000
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