I’ve talked before about why it’s a mistake to wait for the economy to recover before we transform our lives, work, and world. The future belongs to those who are starting those transformations now, who are shaping the world and creating their own place in it. If you can’t afford to make a huge leap […]
Women and the Future of Business
I’ve talked before about the ongoing trend of women leaving the corporate world to start their own businesses. This is no surprise considering the glass ceiling is still unbreakable in many companies throughout Corporate America. Many women, especially women over 50, who have spent their working lives climbing the corporate ladder are faced with the […]
What You Need to Know about Long-term Care at Home
When consumers hear the phrase long-term care, the first thought that comes to mind is “nursing home.” There is much more to aging care. A nursing home is just one of many types of care options for our older and oldest old. Because Baby Boomers are entering the mature market, they demand a very different […]
Crossing the Gender Gap
Companies with women board members are more profitable than those without, as I’ve written about before. Research from Credit Suisse Research Institute confirms this. Yet female board members are still a rarity, and this is directly connected in part to the under-representation of women in executive positions, because board candidates are usually drawn from people […]
Understanding the Aging Marketplace
We routinely accept without examination much of what we read and hear about Baby Boomers and older adults, and build beliefs on the shaky factoids, snippets of information disembodied from their contexts that often lead to meaningless or often false beliefs. What most businesses know about marketing was learned when youth dominated the marketplace. The […]
Where Do We Go from Here? Part 2
This post is part 2 of Critical Thinking Strategies for Aging Experts – My quest for answers to the general public’s denial in aging began several months ago after reading several studies on long-term care. You can refer to the report Misconception on Aging. Also, please read part one to comprehend the following answer by […]
Shadows don’t Always Lead to Darkness
“I’d tell people it was like I was surfing in front of a very large wave and as long as I kept going forward as fast as I possibly could, the wave would never get me. But if I ever stopped, and took a moment to look back. . . . Whoosh, the wave would […]
Greatness isn’t Easily Offended
These historic first few weeks of July reminds us of just how much we have been through together, as a nation and as individuals, from the civil rights movement we honor because of Martin Luther King, Jr., to women’s rights, so much of which is embodied in Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision made over […]
Critical Thinking Strategies for Aging Providers
In a recent interview with John Feather, Ph.D., CEO of Grantmakers in Aging, we discussed the long-term care expert’s views of the general public when dealing with growing older. Most believe that our society lives in a state of denial when dealing with aging. Dr. Feather’s organization, with the help of other leaders in aging […]
Ever Get Lonely? Take Time to Connect!
“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” ~ Honoré de Balzac In my June 22, 2015 Ageless Beat blog, “Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely….” I spoke about how we all may experience loneliness and, though it may seem ironic, sometimes it’s beneficial to spend time alone doing something nurturing to […]
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