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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A lot is being written about Leadership Development these days.  It isn’t much different than 20 years ago when I was in charge of putting together a Management Development Program for a Hi Tech company.  I wish I still had a copy of the model we developed because I don’t believe the topics have changed [...]

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Yesterday we encouraged you to join us as a supporter of Kiva, a non-profit website that allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur in the developing world.  Today we want to celebrate you along with the New Year.  
We hope you take the 16 minutes to sit back and [...]

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I particularly enjoyed Dr. Maynard Brusman’s recent post on his Working Resources Blog: Executive Coaching for Stress Resiliency – Calm Leadership under Pressure.  
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 [firstname], in case you hadn’t noticed the Working Resources Blog has a list of some short survey you can take online that might be of interest to you.  Click Here.
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One of the [...]

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I don’t know what “older workers” means anymore. I suspect it is anyone (in the US at least) over 50 who “theoretically” can take early retirement. However, even before the current economic situation, I don’t know of many who actually stopped all work (i.e. nothing that paid).
Some older Americans want [...]

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Here is a short overview with Sandy Weiner discussing EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). We did this as an introduction to our EFT Teleclass Series we are offering.

Below is the first teleclass entitled “I want my positive attitude back!” It is divided into three parts for easier listening.

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1-Focus International is pleased to announce the creation of the Transition Club.   Our particular passion is assisting leaders and organizations learn how to navigate the waters of merging businesses, departments and teams while ensuring that they continue to grow and sustain vibrant and united organizations.  Our vision is to inspire thousands of individuals and organizations to grow. [...]

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