# Ang Richard on Coaching Gen Z, Becoming a LinkedIn Top Voice, and Reimagining the Campus-to-Career Playbook

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Podcast: [Forward-Looking Leadership](https://stenobird.com/podcast/forward-looking-leadership-6473861)
Published: 2025-12-16T14:06:40+00:00
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## Resource

Ang Richard (angrichard.com [https://www.angrichard.com/], linkedin.com/in/angela-richard/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-richard/]), a Gen Z career coach, TEDx speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice, and PhD candidate in higher education, joins host Dan Freehling (contempusleadership.com [https://contempusleadership.com]) to examine how Gen Z is navigating a rapidly changing world of work. Angela reflects on shares guidance for early career professionals on handling criticism and staying grounded in impact rather than online noise (03:35). She explores how generational differences in communication styles and values, especially around feedback, work-life balance, and career development, are often misinterpreted as deficiencies rather than differences (06:56). Angela also discusses the current labor market and its disproportionate impact on early career professionals, emphasizing the importance of realistic, data-informed coaching that acknowledges structural barriers alongside individual agency (13:22). The conversation also covers Angela's approach to LinkedIn as a space for authentic thought leadership, where sharing failures and uncertainty builds trust and community rather than personal branding polish (21:44). Angela shares insights from her doctoral research on the school-to-work transition, sense of belonging, and intersectionality, as well as her work examining how federal workforce policy connects unevenly to community colleges across states (32:07). Recommended reading: "The Privileged Poor [https://a.co/d/6ldETcz]" and "Class Dismissed [https://a.co/d/by1Z17w]" by Anthony Abraham Jack, "The Unspoken Rules [https://a.co/d/5vm40M7]" by Gorick Ng, "Careers by the People [https://a.co/d/jficRqx]" by Mike Wysocki. Show notes at forwardlookingleadership.com [https://for…

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