By Guest Peter Wendel
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what I call ‘Transition’ – a word I use because I don’t like the word (or even the concept of) ‘retirement.’
I realized that I had become locked into a binary mindset. Either a person retired in the traditional sense, leaving work completely, or continued working [...]

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Each month, one of our colleagues, David Chinsky offers a book review that he puts in his newsletter.  The choice is selected to both engage and challenge leaders as they seek to make a difference in their organizations.
Their pick this month is Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.  I share David’s [...]

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by  Mary Jo Asmus, President of Aspire Collaborative Services LLC.

Copyright 2008 Business Review. Reprinted with permission.  November, 2008.

While vacationing with my husband, I had the good fortune to discover a  macro lens on the point-and-shoot camera I’d purchased in the spring. After decades of traveling in Northern Michigan, thousands of miles of hiking (okay, [...]

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By Jack Ferraro, PMP
In 1995, Pixar Animation Studios released their first blockbuster, Toy Story. As the first ever full-length computer animated film, it represented a breakthrough for the industry and signaled a bright future for the company. In the thirteen years since then, Pixar has enjoyed eight more huge successes – most recently this summer’s hit, Wall E.

Pixar’s [...]

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By guest writer Mary Jo Asmus, President, Aspire Collaborative Services
High achievers may exhibit what George Parsons and Richard Pascale have described in Harvard Business Review as “Summit Syndrome”. We notice this phenomenon when an employee with an outstanding career becomes stagnant; or worse, she may sabotage her career by initiating unproductive arguments, failure to [...]

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By: Deon Binneman
An organization derives its reputation from its stakeholders. Therefore the perceptions that is created through the things stakeholders see, read, hear about or experience first hand.
But what is a stakeholder? The word stakeholder means anyone that has a legal, moral or economic stake in an activity. Some stakeholders have more clout than others, [...]

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Mergered Tryst

In the beginning
the ending was there to see
but at the ending
twas the beginning that had come to be
Started with a written kiss
Down the path to wedded bliss
Arranged lovers not ready to consummate
Resisting the beckoning created fate
In the chaos of sudden tryst
This becomes that and that becomes this
rancorous notes become harmonious tune
by arcane ritual, by [...]

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