Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

After earning a BA in psychology and a MS in Industrial Organizational Psychology / The Psychology of Exercise and Sport, and contemplating a career in academia, I decided to take my research interest in human motivation to the business/consulting world. Despite the domain change, questions about my own career have remained. They are questions I believe I share with many Gen Y'ers and, through my research, writing, and presentations, I am looking for answers.

Work History

• Novations Group, Inc.
• Consultant
• March 2006 to June 2009

• Managed two year research initiative aimed at increasing understanding of employee development and contribution in today's business world. Completed quantitative and qualitative analyses focused on the multi-generational workforce and on overall diversity in the workplace.

  Selected Papers and Presentations:
  - Schantz, L.H. (2009). When Knowledge Walks Out the Door: What do you do when retiring employees threaten to take their job know-how with them? Training & Development, June 2009.

  - Schantz, L., Alter, P., Macbeth, R. (2008). How and “Y” One Generation Will Change Business: Four key questions about employing four generations. Novations’ White Paper, Fall 2008.
  - SHRM Gulf Coast Conference. Houston, Texas.
  - The Best of Talent Management Summit. Orlando, FL.

• The Pennsylvania State University
• Research Assistant / Graduate Student
• September 2004 to August 2006

• Created methodologies, collected and analyzed data on human motivation / performance, wrote and reviewed papers for publication, and presented findings at a national conference.

Education

• The Pennsylvania State University
• MS, Psychology of Movement and Sport, Industrial Organizational Psychology
• 2004 - 2006

• Selected Papers and Presentations:
  - Achievement Motivation and Intraindividual Affective Variability During Competence Pursuits: A Round of Golf as a Multilevel Data Structure. Journal of Research in Personality, May 2009.

  - Conroy, D.E., Kaye, M.P., Schantz, L.H. (2006). Quantitative research in sport and exercise psychology. Advances in Sport Psychology, Third Edition.

  - Schantz, L.H. (2005). “Predicting competitive golf processes and outcomes using 2 X 2 achievement goals.” American Psychological Association Convention. Washington D.C. Convention Center. August 20, 2005.

• Hamilton College
• BA, Psychology
• 1999 - 2003

• Selected Papers:
  - Schantz, L.H. (2004). It’s not enough to say “Just do it!”- How you say it influences adolescents motivation. Physical Activity Today, Winter 2004, 10.

  - Yee, P.L., Hsieh-Yee, I., Pierce, G.R., Grome, R.E., & Schantz, L.H. (2004). Self-evaluative intrusive thoughts impede successful searching on the Internet. Computers in Human Behavior, 20, 85 - 101.