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Simplify Well-Being to Live Longer & More Joyfully

Gaining ultimate well-being, however you define it, includes boosting function of your body, mind and soul. There are psychological or attitudinal elements which set the strategic direction of your adventure in well-being. And there are practical actions or behaviors you can take to gain momentum and manifest well-being. Living truly alive is kick-started with a shift in perception. Join me on this journey!

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How Leaders Can Shift Strategic Thinking from Work-life to Post-Retirement Life

Strategy involves mental perception and perspectives, yet is developed and delivered through several specific types of behaviors. Ironically, leaders become more strategic via tactics that shift the prevailing viewpoint to gain more buy-in. One roadmap suggests core behaviors involving Acumen: how you think, Allocation: how you plan and Action: what you do. These leadership capabilities certainly apply to organizational cultures, but can just as easily be applied to personal projects or post-retirement ventures. 

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Purpose-Driven Leaders Can Use Their Skills for Post-Retirement Ventures

Most modern-day employees want their efforts and values to jive with the organizational culture. Along with a fair salary stemming from productivity and profitability, they want purposefulness in the process. Leaders who know how to embody and embed a sense of purpose into daily work life, such that staff are inspired to give their best performance, not only succeed in their current roles but can carry this ability beyond retirement into whatever ventures they are involved with. So that piece of a leader’s identity is sustainable, as long as their choices remain purposeful to them. 

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Shifting from Military to Civilian Operation After Conflict: With Douglas Brand OBE

Former career British Police Chief Douglas Brand has spent decades in a range of countries in what are termed ‘Peace Support Operations’. This is the period after a major conflict where the military has been involved, where stabilization operations seek to restore some semblance of order and normalcy. Ideally, the police return to their primary roles as keepers of the peace and maintaining rule of law. Mr. Brand has identified a handful of lessons from his varied experiences, yet is frustrated by the apparent disinterest of authorities once the tide has turned and they move on. What good are lessons Identified if not learned from?

Next Up, Revitalizing Retirement as Baby Boomers Continue to Lead Change

Host Donna Kim-Brand takes a romp through history, rehashing a number of major societal changes brought about by the age-wave group known as Baby Boomers. Traditionally taught as a reaction to returning soldiers at the end of World War 2, we’ll explore other rationales for the boom in births and their subsequent influence on the course of history. What we can see and say is, they’re not done making waves yet!

How to Raise a Teen’s Self-Image to Survive and Thrive

Self-image wellness and resilience may be the key to surviving adolescence in our social media driven and polarized turbulent times. Surviving the in-built conundrum of being uniquely yourself while also fitting in is tough for most people. But in the hyper-intense world of teens the pressure to conform to norms they may not have chosen coupled with near instant broadcasting of half-baked opinions can be traumatic. Host Donna Kim-Brand shares a few ideas to be of assistance if you have contact with pre-teens, teens or even young adults.

BBC Journalist Hot Scoop: Children Need a Relationship with Their Father

Jon Devitt worked as the BBC’s Central Europe Correspondent for years, on assignments around the globe at short notice or for extended periods in areas of conflict. When his wife claimed it was now ‘her turn’, he shifted his livelihood and became a stay-at-home dad. He claims that getting to know his kids and developing a close bond that exists to this day is the most important thing he ever did. Meanwhile, Jon now uses his lengthy experience of reporting from abroad to assist would-be expats with virtual reality online city-guides that provide a ‘look-see’ of what life would be like living there. www.lookseecity.com .

Leadership in Crisis vs. Business as Usual; with Ron Donovan

Executive Coach Ron Donovan brings us his insights on Leadership in Crisis, given we seem to be in a perpetual state of flux nowadays. He reveals what he thinks was the most dangerous point in human history, and how an excellent leader at that time handled the situation. Ron reveals how great leaders need to show up for their people and what actions they ought to take in times of crisis. With some overlap, these are different from a business-as-usual leader.

Thinking Like William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is the second most quoted English writer after the writers of the Bible and invented over 3000 words or idiomatic phrases. For an author and playwright once called an ‘upstart crow’ and whose works were never published in his lifetime yet later survived across hundreds of years, much to the chagrin of many-a student, quite a bit about Shakespeare is still a mystery. An astute observer of human nature, he developed word-play and acting skills from contemporary theater with historic themes, with all roles being played by men. We know of 154 Sonnets, many created during the Plague, and at least 37 plays which he directed or performed at the Globe Theatre in London, known of my both Queen Elizabeth I and KIng James I. He died a wealthy man at age 52.

Thinking Like Sherlock Holmes

Despite being a fictional character, Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed human character in film, according to Guinness World Records. Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a former medical doctor turned author, the genius of Sherlock Holmes as an eccentric ace detective caught the imagination of generations of people in only 4 novels and 56 short stories. His intellect, methods and collaboration with his trusted sidekick Dr. Watson continue to intrigue the public to this day. Only one minor villain ever escaped Holmes’ grasp- The Woman, as he called Irene Adler as a sign of respect.