The Generation Youth Podcast with James McLamb

How can Generation Z create momentum and develop a growth mindset? Entrepreneur, Success Coach and podcaster Jeff Heggie joins The Gen Z Show to discuss the importance of young people learning to have a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset. In addition, Jeff stresses the importance of young people finding their purpose for their season of life.   To connect with Jeff: https://jeffheggie.com/ Faceboo...

What does it take to build a winning team culture for athletics, school, work, and family?  Dan Horwitz joins The GenZ Show and shares 14 principles to create that culture for young adults.   Dan serves as a leadership consultant and assists sports teams and companies to help improve and enhance trust, joy, communication, accountability, team chemistry, diversity & inclusion, and culture. To conne...

Chip Baker joins The GenZ Show to discuss how generation z or any generation can find significant success, not just what culture tells us is significant. Chip is a high school coach, teacher, author, podcaster, and speaker with decades of experience guiding young people to find significant success.  Chip is the host of the podcast the Success Chronicles.  To connect with Chip: Facebook and IG @chi...

The GenZ Show guest Chaz Jackson helps Generation Z students become the best version of themselves! A youthful audience is not the most accessible group to keep engaged for a complete presentation... Teens must genuinely feel connected with the presenter, and Chaz Jackson is just the kind of speaker your audience can relate to. Chaz shares the incredible things that will happen following the "I'M...

Character education is a buzzword in youth and child development.  It has been for decades.  Sarah Tucker joins The GenZ Show to share her children's book series, The Adventures of Harry and Friends. Sarah created Harry the Red-Headed Lizard as a creative writing assignment in the ninth grade, and he has been with her ever since, evolving into what he is today.  Her stories' characters and mentors...

Youth will have arguments, which will cause a break in personal or team ties.  Unfortunately, most youth cannot deal with disagreements, which often leads to broken relationships. Amy P. Kelly joins the GenZ Show to provide a strong paradigm for restoring team and life connections that have been strained by disagreement or betrayal.  She is the author of G.L.U.E., a short narrative about a shatter...

To conclude our 4 part series on social media series, this episode has 5 members of our Generation Ziglar community discuss their thoughts and ideas regarding the impact social media has on their generation. The insights and observations from our roundtable provide excellent tips and recommendations on how Generation Z and Alpha can navigate the complex world of smartphones and apps. Our roundtabl...

Understanding how social media affects youth and how we can help youth going forward is a hot topic in today's culture. Chris Martin joins The GenZ Show to share how social media is impacting our culture. Chris encourages us to take it seriously and develop an intentional engagement philosophy toward youth and social media. Chris Martin is content marketing editor at Moody Publishers. He studies i...

What are the possible benefits of encouraging youth to quit social media? Author and publisher Will Severns joins the conversation on The GenZ to discuss how social media is damaging your psyche, how to gouge what needs to go, and where you can find true joy and community. Will shares how social media can have damaging effects on youth's relationships and how something extreme like deleting social...

Social media's impact on youth has become a significant concern over several years. Theo Davis has served as a youth, and the digital pastor knows firsthand the difficulties of discussing this topic. Theo joins the discussion on The GenZ Show, providing tips to help prepare emerging generations for how to effectively deal with social media. To contact Theo Davis: Instagram: @Theo_davis Facebook: h...

Author of the book "Take Me Home" Andrea Bitner discusses on The GenZ Show the challenges students with limited English proficiency face and how to support them. Andrea stresses the most important tip is not to be cautious with youth with limited English skills but to get curious about them to strengthen the relationship. Her book "Take Me Home" chronicles the journeys of amazing young men and wom...

According to one statistic, almost 65% of all families are blended. Youth from blended families have unique challenges that nuclear marriages and families don’t face. Craig Morgan, a co-founder of Blended Together Forever, joins The GenZ Show to help define what blended families are, identify the challenges children face, and provide practical tips on how to help youth thrive in these settings. To...

This week, Lindsey Hall joins The GenZ Show to help emerging generations find the answers to getting tired of being in the same place they have always been? Or being tired of waking up, dreading what the day will bring? Lindsey uses the four forces of flight to illustrate the "Four Forces of Life." Lindsey explains that we are not meant to live a life where we are never making progress. Instead, w...

Speaker, author, and leadership trainer Alex Demczak joins The GenZ Show to discuss an invaluable lesson about what matters most in life and work and how to achieve it. Alex shares how the power of integrity, trust, and consistency is the most crucial characteristic youth need to develop to succeed in life and future work. Alex Demczak is a former SEC quarterback for the Missouri Tigers. Alex grad...

Jimmy Page joins The GenZ Show to discuss how one word can inspire you to simplify your life and work by focusing on just One Word for this year. One Word creates clarity, power, passion, and life-change no matter your age or stage of life. Jimmy shares how youth and those who work with youth can harness the transformational power of One Word. Jimmy is on a mission to help you experience your best...

Brian Highfield joins The GenZ Show to share his story of transformation from a depressed youth with limited hopes and dreams into a successful business person who is now the "happiest person he knows." Brian describes how to build mental toughness, self-esteem, confidence, and experience joy through the Five Laws of Fulfillment. To connect with Brian: www.thebeardedphilosopher.com Instagram: @the...

Dr. Randy James, physician and co-host of the True Life podcast, joins The GenZ Show to discuss how youth can start to put foundational health principles to bolster and elevate their well-being so youth can effectively and efficiently pursue what they want in work and life. Dr. James identifies four principles youth need to be aware of to start their health journey. Dr. James is the founder and th...

Jonathan Catherman joins in this episode to discuss the benefits of empowering the emerging generation to become the next great generation. Jonathan Catherman is a sociologist and educator with 24 years of experience in private and public schools. He is the author of the bestselling teen novels The Manual to Manhood and The Manual to Middle School, plus Guiding the Next Generation and Becoming the...

Dr. Jeramy and Jerusha Clark join The Genz Show to discuss people's difficulty understanding the teenage brain. Rather than seeing the teen years as a time to hold on for dear life, Dr. Jeramy and Jerusha Clark show that adolescence can be a fantastic season of cultivating creativity, self-awareness, and passion for the things that matter. In addition, as parents begin to understand the general ne...

Don and Suzanne Manning believe strongly that the strength of your family will be determined by the power of your family relationships. So they have created Crazy Cool Families, whose mission is to help families rethink how they do family-one relationship at a time. In this episode, we examine how to have a crazy cool family, a family where all have a God-inspired purpose in life in life. To conne...

Cristin Parker is passionate about seeing families and youth thrive. As a family coach, her desire is to help families unlock their untapped potential. Cristin joins The GenZ Show to share her understanding of what it is like to feel like you are merely surviving the chaos in your family. She guides families to see there is something more meaningful for their family and helps them to start. This i...

Youth need guidance and coaching now more than ever. David Wright, Ziglar Legacy Head Coach, joins The GenZ Show to discuss the value of youth coaching. In addition, David shares what process can be used to be intentional when working with youth. Finally, the discussion dives deep into how coaching can be the solution to helping youth find their purpose and direction in life. To connect with David...

Tim Williams has a passion for seeing young men and boys thrive. He is the host of the podcast Thrivehood. The Thrivehood Podcast is a relevant life roadmap for boys and young men who want to do more than just survive the baffling years of youth. Tim Williams chats with The GenZ Show audience about topics that not only challenge but motivate young men and boys to thrive as they boldly mature into...

David Conners and Malcolm Hamilton are both former Permian High School football players that the book and movie, Friday Night Lights, was based on. On The GenZ Show, they share their experiences as team members and how coaches who cared changed their lives. Both men related how Coach Hearne and other coaches taught them life lessons that shaped the men they are today. Check out the previous episod...

Competitive triathlete, Adoh Doherty, joins The GenZ Show to share his steps to turning his dream of being an Olympic athlete into reality. Adoh describes how being inspired to dream at age 11 to be a track and field star has led him to become a competitive triathlete for JP Elite & Team USA. Becoming an Olympian has been a dream that Adoh has had for as long as he can remember. Born and raised in...