Benchwarmers and Workhorses

The 2020s are a dynamic decade for the six living American generations. Silents are enjoying their retirement again after locking down during the pandemic. Boomers, who dominated the culture for decades, are retiring at a rapid clip. Gen X’ers are moving into top leadership positions, sometimes reluctantly. Millennials are entering the prime of lif

So, while Boomers started the trends toward more self-confidence, Gen X’ers translated those attitudes into high expectations for their futures.

Gen Z was the only generation in which a majority believed there are more than two genders.

That means a transition from optimism to pessimism, entitlement to insecurity, and self-confidence to doubt. Millennials were challenging because they expected praise as a given; Gen Z’ers are challenging

Unlike Gen X’ers in the 1990s and Millennials in the early 2000s, Gen Z thinks the world needs to be changed. Although their more external locus of control would seemingly promote apathy, many Gen Z’ers are angry enough to take action even if they sometimes doubt it will do any good.