Spirited Millennial Amanda: Believing, Caring, Doing
Amanda Burkey is a spirited Millennial leader who is defining passion in whole-hearted ways and pursuing life and work with full engagement. I met Amanda through my work with the HIMSS team and at the annual HIMSS conference. She is diligent in her efforts and honest in perspectives. We had an opportunity to catch up…
Kelly Olenski: Navigating Uncharted Waters in Mental Health Care
Gaining adequate access to mental health care has been a hot-button issue in the United States over the past several years. It’s a challenge Kelly Olenski is intimately aware of. As a trained behavioral therapist, she’s seen first-hand how difficult it can be for patients to navigate our current systems. She admits, “Accessing mental health…
Julius Givens: Showing Up to Impact Our Future
When I agreed to meet Julius Givens for coffee on a Sunday morning, I envisioned a leisurely get-to-know-you chat. We both hail from St. Louis, both attended private all-girl/all-boy high schools in the area, both graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and are both living in Chicago. I figured we’d make polite chitchat,…
Prioritizing Customer Needs While Delivering What Customers Want
At first glance, Peter Swanson’s LinkedIn profile might surprise you. As I was doing a little cyber stalking to prepare for our chat, I checked him out and thought to myself, “This guy has done a little bit of everything.” I was intrigued. Peter admits that out of context, “You’d think I was all over…
Voter Wants to Find The Right Candidate for You
With the field of presidential hopefuls stretching far and wide, picking the right candidate feels like a daunting task. Sorting through the abundance of information about each one is time-consuming and intimidating. And can we even trust the barrage of sound bites? Like many successful apps in the marketplace, Voter was born out of a…
Finding Success in Option B
Amy Lust is a Senior Digital Training Associate in the Station, Products, and Innovation group at PBS. In a very short time, she’s moved up the ranks and is excelling in her current position. But her current line of work was not her option A. “I wanted to be in the arts,” Lust explains. “I…
How the Millennial Money Man Created Life Liquidity
As Bobby Hoyt neared graduation, his career seemed set. But a probing conversation with a family friend ignited a soul spark that ultimately led him down an unexpected path. While out waterskiing one day, a family friend began to ask about his student loan debt and his repayment plan. Hoyt’s intention to make minimum payments…
Megan Dougherty on When to Trade Security for Opportunity
Megan Dougherty’s Dad always told her to, “Stay true, stay strong, and keep going no matter what.” She’s hoping that mantra will inspire her as she makes her next big transition. After working for Luck Companies as an Executive Coordinator for the past two years, she’s decided to take a leap of faith. She’s leaving…
How Millennials Are Changing the Way We Work
There’s little doubt that the current Millennial invasion will continue to shake up workplaces across the United States. But how will this generation impact and improve the way we work? Who better to answer that question than Millennial HR professional, Joe Hill? Joe explains, “I got interested in HR while traveling after high school. I was…
Scott Thompson: Creating Company Culture
What do you do when you find yourself in a company culture that doesn’t fit? Even worse, what if the culture is toxic? As an entry-level employee who is just beginning a career, you may choose one of these: A. Suck it up: Be grateful for the paycheck and hope that as you continue to…
Failing All the Way to Success
What if all our perceived failures are just stepping stones on our path toward success? It isn’t such a difficult premise to believe. The lessons learned, the experience gained, the battle scars earned, they serve to prepare us for our next challenge. Writer and speaker Paul Angone is certainly living proof that failing to success is…
5 Bold Ideas from Recent Millennial Momentum
Molly Page has interviewed many Millennials through a Thin Difference-sponsored series, Millennial Momentum. Each story unveils struggles, successes, and engaging insights how leadership, career, and everything else begins to create a life on purpose. As I read through many of the Millennial stories again, five bold ideas surfaced. The bold ideas are ones to be…