Producing Results: Perspectives from Gen Z and Baby Boomer

By Cindy Bostick and Nalah Anderson

LAST MONTH, TODAY’S WOMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CINDY BOSTICK, spoke with the Rotary Club of Victorville about the key ingredients for producing positive results in any endeavor, and of course it must start with having a goal. The keys for producing positive results that Cindy shared with the Rotarians included: Action & Attitude, Gold Time, Managing Your Thoughts and Feelings, Demonstrating Commitment, Focus, Motivating Yourself, Getting & Using Support, Taking Care of Yourself, and Helping Others Produce Results.

After her Rotary presentation, Cindy attended her granddaughters eighth grade play and she was shocked to learn that the entire class wrote and produced the play in a total of 48 hours and every student had an acting part in the play. Out of curiosity, Cindy shared the positive results producing keys with her granddaughter, Nalah, to learn which keys were important to her class in bringing about an amazing play. Nalah stressed that her class managed all aspects of production, including understudying their classmates’ roles to cover absences in rehearsals. They were the playwrights, directors, and behind the scenes managers. How did they do it? Nalah provided input on three of the keys in successfully executing the play:

1. Action and Attitude

“We were basically thrown right into this process and in the beginning all we knew was that ‘Letters’ was the theme. We were feeling confused and didn’t take a lot of action early on, but as we progressed with meetings, I could feel our attitude got better and better and we saw how good our scenes could be if we had the right attitude and took action to make our scenes good.”

2. Demonstrating Commitment

“We all thought that even if a couple of us didn’t commit to the show, it would all just go downhill from there because we needed everybody’s commitment to make it an excellent show. I feel like everyone brought their commitment and loyalty to the show. They put in the time and effort and focused during the process. I feel like commitment was one of the most important things in creating our show because you have to decide to ride with it to the very end. You don’t know how it’s going to turn out – it could be really great!”

3. Getting and Using Support

“Our teachers were our biggest support system ever. The whole show would not be possible without our teachers. We would just be dancing for an hour and thirty minutes doing who knows what without them. They really motivated us and hyped us up saying how good we were doing and how good the show was going to be and that everyone was going to love what our class produced for the entire school. Without our teachers support for us, the show would not be possible. With the support of our teachers, I learned that I’m into the backstage, working behind the scenes, and I figured that out in the process of producing our show. Because of this experience, I can expand my knowledge for working with lighting and sound and stage management, moving props and stuff like that. It’s going to help me a lot in high school. This experience has taught me so much.”

How are you progressing on the resolutions or goals you set for yourself for 2023? We hope this article will inform you of the power of at least three results producing keys an eighth-grade class attributed to their success! Please direct your questions or comments to todayswomanfoundation@gmail.com