Comments on: Does Generation Y Really Want Change? http://www.rosettathurman.com/2009/07/does-generation-y-really-want-change/ empowering a new generation of leaders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Three Myths About Generation Y http://www.rosettathurman.com/2009/07/does-generation-y-really-want-change/#comment-52028 Three Myths About Generation Y Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:11:35 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=2311#comment-52028 [...] at all. Unfortunately, most Generation Y nonprofit leaders are not even thinking about changing anything in your organization. My generation is pretty much still emulating the older generations, afraid [...] [...] at all. Unfortunately, most Generation Y nonprofit leaders are not even thinking about changing anything in your organization. My generation is pretty much still emulating the older generations, afraid [...]

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]]> By: KW http://www.rosettathurman.com/2009/07/does-generation-y-really-want-change/#comment-51021 KW Sat, 29 May 2010 03:36:25 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=2311#comment-51021 This is a great post! As a gen y'er myself, I've looked at a number of my colleagues and wondered why they were so willing to be led, rather than lead. For myself, I was always told to start something when "I grow up," and entered into the non-profit world as an assistant/project manager in order to learn how it's done (and not done!). I wanted leadership opportunities and the chance to gain those skills so I could apply them to my own project 2-3 years down the line. However, all of my colleagues followed the career path, not wanting the responsibility of leadership. I actually had one very intelligent woman say to me on a regular basis that she's simply too young to know anything about the mission of our non-profit, and that she will have to spend many, many years learning the ins-and-outs of how our organization was run before she could even form an opinion! I was shocked, to say the least. <br><br>I don't know if it's because I actively rebelled against my parents, teachers and authority figures as a kid and learned in the process that all of them are human, but I've always believed that youth was meant to activate change. I honestly believe that it is our job to critique our elders and find new ways of conducting our lives and push against the grain. That being said, I'm still really amazed at how easy it is to fall into the meek mindset when your peers are acting the same way. I had honestly convinced myself that maybe they were right, and I should mellow out. It wasn't until I was laid off at the end of the year and couldn't find another job that I decided, hey man, it's time to finally start that thing I said I would when I graduated college. To hell with the passive career path! This is a great post! As a gen y'er myself, I've looked at a number of my colleagues and wondered why they were so willing to be led, rather than lead. For myself, I was always told to start something when “I grow up,” and entered into the non-profit world as an assistant/project manager in order to learn how it's done (and not done!). I wanted leadership opportunities and the chance to gain those skills so I could apply them to my own project 2-3 years down the line. However, all of my colleagues followed the career path, not wanting the responsibility of leadership. I actually had one very intelligent woman say to me on a regular basis that she's simply too young to know anything about the mission of our non-profit, and that she will have to spend many, many years learning the ins-and-outs of how our organization was run before she could even form an opinion! I was shocked, to say the least.

I don't know if it's because I actively rebelled against my parents, teachers and authority figures as a kid and learned in the process that all of them are human, but I've always believed that youth was meant to activate change. I honestly believe that it is our job to critique our elders and find new ways of conducting our lives and push against the grain. That being said, I'm still really amazed at how easy it is to fall into the meek mindset when your peers are acting the same way. I had honestly convinced myself that maybe they were right, and I should mellow out. It wasn't until I was laid off at the end of the year and couldn't find another job that I decided, hey man, it's time to finally start that thing I said I would when I graduated college. To hell with the passive career path!

]]> By: The Nonprofit Sector Needs More Buffalo | Rosetta Thurman http://www.rosettathurman.com/2009/07/does-generation-y-really-want-change/#comment-51011 The Nonprofit Sector Needs More Buffalo | Rosetta Thurman Fri, 28 May 2010 11:16:10 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=2311#comment-51011 [...] what I see, Generation Y nonprofit professionals act more like cows. We’re not willing to take the risks associated with real leadership, we just want to get to the destination with no pain and preferably [...] [...] what I see, Generation Y nonprofit professionals act more like cows. We’re not willing to take the risks associated with real leadership, we just want to get to the destination with no pain and preferably [...]

]]> By: Puppies for Sale http://www.rosettathurman.com/2009/07/does-generation-y-really-want-change/#comment-50769 Puppies for Sale Fri, 21 May 2010 07:16:14 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=2311#comment-50769 I like what you said about the world being changed through collective behaviors - not just the nonprofit sector. Indeed it is the parents, the teachers, the volunteers, the writers, the poets as well as all the nonprofit folks that will contribute to lasting change in the world. I like what you said about the world being changed through collective behaviors – not just the nonprofit sector. Indeed it is the parents, the teachers, the volunteers, the writers, the poets as well as all the nonprofit folks that will contribute to lasting change in the world.

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