
The Gen X/Z Exchange
You might be wondering why you aren’t happier, where your career is going, or feeling adrift without a clear sense of direction. You’re asking, “How do I figure out what I’m even supposed to be doing?”
If you feel that familiar knot of confusion, dissatisfaction, or just plain stuckness, you've just found your kindred spirits.
This is The Gen X/Z Exchange. Where a Gen X dad and his Gen Z daughter bridge the generational divide to tackle modern life’s biggest headaches.
These aren't just your problems, they're the unspoken struggles of an entire generation - or two!
You're not alone in battling the quiet anxieties of a life that feels off-kilter. Happiness can be hard to find. Perhaps concerns about your mental and physical wellbeing are always bubbling away. Your most important relationships might feel strained, or the relentless demands of your career and finances are leaving you exhausted. These are the universal whispers that, surprisingly, span generations. We can help you untangle all this.
Chris has navigated layoffs, career pivots and found happiness after the infamous midlife slump, while Lily is figuring out her career after changing her degree path and reflecting on her early choices in the world of work. Our different generational viewpoints bring new ideas to tackling the big issues we’re both grappling with.
We chat about all this with honesty, realism and the openness a father-daughter relationship brings.
Our candid conversations will help you realise that you’re not alone in feeling this way too. You’ll gain fresh perspectives, practical insights, and the comforting realisation that many of your worries are universal – and solvable.
We’ll get to the heart of your frustrations, offering solutions we figure out together that you won't find anywhere else.
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The Gen X/Z Exchange
Bad bosses: why are they like that and what to do if you have one!
We’ve all had them. Bad bosses. From the infuriating to the bad habits to the downright dangerous.
Whether it’s your first job and not knowing how you should react to something that seems off, or you’re in a senior role and someone is trying to move you out, dealing with a bad boss is tricky.
In this episode, we swap stories about some experiences with bad bosses and also look at the very real impact they can have on engagement and productivity.
You’ll learn:
- What impact bad bosses can have on the organisation
- What might cause them to become bad bosses
- Some crazy examples of bad bosses the Perkins family has worked for
- What to do when it’s seriously impacting you or you feel unsafe
- How you can deal with it day-to-day while you figure out what next
While some of these examples are funny to look back on now, when you’re working for a bad boss it can feel miserable.
So if you feel like you’re working for a bad boss, listen in and compare your story with ours.
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1.05 Some of Chris’ bad boss examples
2.18 Lily’s take on bad bosses
3.39 Facts and figures on the damage bad bosses can do
5.45 What causes people to be a bad boss?
19.19 Bad boss story: the letter
12.00 Bad boss story: mind-numbing tasks and round the clock contact
16.34 Bad boss story: boss skimming tips
17.58 Bad boss story: concocting things to trigger a performance plan
18.40 bad boss story: the passive-aggressive misogynist
19.25 When it’s serious - what to do if you have a bad boss
21.05 Dealing with a bad boss day-to-day - what you can control
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisperkins172/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-perkins-8446a82bb/