The Survival Guide for Gen X Leaders: Building the Bridge from the Great Resignation to the Multigenerational Future We All Want

by Amy Morrison

Overview

If you are a leader at midlife trying to manage your career, your children, and aging parents, all while trying to move through an ever-complicated post-pandemic workplace, this book is for you. The Survival Guide for Gen X Leaders is full of inspirational and pragmatic advice that readers can implement tomorrow. Morrison interviews GenX leaders who have led their public and private organizations through challenging times with determination and efficacy. Morrison shares her own story of leading the first college in the country impacted by COVID-19 in February 2020. The GenX leaders interviewed in this survival guide, who haveled successful and multi-generational organizations in an empowering way, provide hope and tips to guide our organizations through this time of tremendous transition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475870992
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/17/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	114
File size:	780 KB

About the Author

Amy Morrison has served as Lake Washington Institute of Technology's (LWTech) ninth president since 2013. As a first-generation college graduate and dedicated advocate for workforce education, Morrison is a graduate of University Nebraska Lincoln, The Evergreen State College, and Mills College, Morrison lives outside of Seattle, WA with her family.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Acknowledging the Leadership Crisis that We are Now In

Chapter One: Our Boomer-Lined Path to Leadership

Chapter Two: Boomers Exit: The Fallout

Chapter Three: Ready or Not, We Are Now the Adults in the Room

Part Two: Lessons from GenX Leadership

Chapter Four: Setting the Stage for How Xer Leaders Pick Up the Post-Pandemic Pieces and Move Forward

Chapter Five: Profiles in GenX Leadership

Chapter Six: GenX Childhoods and How They Framed Who We are Today

Chapter Seven: GenX Leadership Coming of Age

Chapter Eight: Boomers: Our Teachers, Our Bosses, Our Coworkers, Mentors, and Friends: How they Framed our Working Lives and Opportunities

Chapter Nine: GenX’s Profiles in Courage: Leading through Difficult Times and Lessons Learned

Part Three: The Path Forward: Six Steps to Sustain Ourselves and our Organizations While in the Middle of the Panini Press of Life

Chapter Ten: Step One: Creating the Organizations We Wanted at the Beginning of our Careers

Chapter Eleven: Step Two: Nurturing a Community of GenX Leaders

Chapter Twelve: Step Three: Staying Curious and Not Letting the Grind, Grind us Down

Chapter Thirteen: Step Four: Building the Bench while Calling the Shots

Chapter Fourteen: Step Five: Calling on Gen Z To Be the Future We Need

Chapter Fifteen: Step Six: Calling in our Boomer Retirees for Coaching, Mentoring, and Support

Chapter Sixteen: Embracing Our Legacy as Self-Sufficient, Pragmatic, Bridge Builders

Conclusion

Notes

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

I have known Dr. Amy Morrison to be a true Gen X leader for over a decade. I am so pleased that she has put her well-tested leadership advice and those of her successful peers into an accessible survival guide for all leaders, especially those of us at mid-life. We have never needed successful leaders more than we do right now during this time of incredible change. We all need examples and ideas for successful leadership, and Amy fills that gap in an accessible and practical way.

Kris Johnson

Amy is a seasoned and strong woman leader who is both effective and empathetic. I was honored to be interviewed for this book alongside other Gen X leaders and to have interviewed Amy on my podcast, The Lead Like a Woman Show. The Survival Guide for Gen X Leaders is a go-to-guide for navigating what Amy refers to as the panini press of life! Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get inspired to make it through this challenging time as a leader at any level.

Andrea Heuston

Dr. Morrison is respected nationally for her leadership, especially in the early hours of the COVID-19 pandemic. As her college became known as Campus Zero for the pandemic, she shepherded the institution with grace and decisive actions. In The Survival Guide for Gen X Leaders, she highlights how she and other Gen X leaders have overcome countless leadership obstacles in ways that are not only effective but supportive and empowering of those they lead. The post-COVID-19 world challenges leaders at every turn, and Morrison’s survival guide is a must-read for all leaders who need a boost, some creative leadership ideas, and above all reassurance that they are not alone.

Jee Hang Lee

Dr. Amy Morrison is a pacesetter! She is setting an example for those leading through the messy middle of mid-life. Her pragmatic, thoughtful, and impactful advice is also a balm to those of us leading through an incredible period of post-pandemic transition. Her advice and those of other Gen X leaders shines a spotlight on a path forward as we set-up future generations for leadership success.

Lee Ann Nutt