If you are an executive approaching retirement, you could live twenty to thirty or possibly more years of active, healthy, engaging time with no obligations other than doing what you want. For some, this feels scary. For others, there’s a feeling of excitement and freedom. Most of us feel both.
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Be a Difference Maker
What can you do to make a difference for the people you encounter every day? Learn how a simple gesture, a kind word or a show of compassion can help others while helping you become a better person.
When it Comes to Entrepreneurship, Age 40 is the New 20…and Always Has Been
Your odds of starting a company that experiences scale growth, becoming really profitable, only increase with age. Years of working at an established company can payoff by teaching you the tradecraft of sales, managing a workforce and negotiating with suppliers.
Presence: More Powerful than the Right Words
There is a misconception that presence is the ability to command a room, to be the loudest voice. But presence comes from having the capacity to understand and feel what another person is experiencing by putting yourself into the other person’s frame of reference, and fully engaging in that moment, practicing mindful listening, and ignoring […]
Resiliency: An Equal Opportunity Resource
Resiliency is not about bouncing “back.” It’s about growing through challenge as well as opportunity. Join resiliency expert Eileen McDargh as she provides you with four actions to practice in order to build resiliency as a critical life skill.
Dump The Dictionary and Learn The True Meaning Of Resiliency
Want to prepare for the challenges that life throws at you? Learn the skills and actions that can be cultured, developed, and taken before you need to be resilient.
Embracing Change Without Suffering
Almost all changes, even the biggest and best ones, involve pain and loss of some kind. At the very least, they almost always involve fear. We tend to seek and fear change at the same time, which is one of the many reasons it can be emotionally confusing.
The Power Of Constructive Impatience – A Key To Resiliency
Don’t respond with knee-jerk reactions or lash out in frustration or anger when the status quo is unacceptable. Constructive impatience builds a case for carefully crafted actions that elicit collaboration and cooperation rather than anger.
Purpose: Why It’s Vital for a Successful Career
When we find and work within our purpose, we are settled, content, fulfilled, centered and confident in the work that we do, as it fits like a glove. It feels natural and intuitive. When you step into your purpose, you will know it.
Do You Have the DNA to Be a CEO?
Is everyone equally equipped to become a CEO so that anyone who strives hard enough can be a strong leader? Or are some of us born with a propensity for leadership, providing us with a distinct advantage from the start?