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