Looking Forward®: It's All About Opportunities!

Suicide takes a terrible toll on our society, almost no matter where in the world we live. It happens much more often than we realize, and spreads across a wide portion of the age spectrum.

Listen as I speak with Mary Ann Murtha of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Hear Mary Ann present some of AFSP's initiatives to drastically reduce the number of suicides. Most importantly, learn the things YOU can do to help prevent someone from taking his or her life.  And find out what part the Golden Gate Bridge plays in all of this.

Hope you learn some life-saving skills from this episode of Looking Forward.

Hi everyone.

In this episode, Episode # 63 of Looking Forward, we’re going to speak about something millions of people around the world are proud to have as part of their family: their pets.  

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we’ll discuss several topics, including how the pet industry has changed over the years, how big the industry is and who owns pets, what trends we’re seeing in the industry now in both the U.S. and elsewhere around the world, and what impact COVID-19 has had on all of this. We’ll also get a few tips about pet adoption and begin to look at what the future of the pet industry may look like.

To help us do this, we’ve brought on an outstanding expert, a man who’s spent 55 years working in the pet industry! He’s Phil Cooper. With experience at all levels of the pet industry, Phil Cooper has done it all. He’s been a retailer and a multi-unit store operator. He had the very first pet superstore in the USA. He’s been part owner of an 80-year-old pet distribution company in Australia, and he was also the highest volume pet product rep in the United States for many years.

Phil has done everything from importing containers to opening United States’ offices for overseas firms. He has traveled the world buying and selling pet products. And he has specialized in building small pet product companies into large firms. 

Currently, Phil owns and operates petindustryexpert.com, which offers a variety of business services to pet companies both small and large. His business is very active in licensing new pet items, launching new pet companies, consulting to major consulting firms, selling to national accounts, rescuing pet firms, and rebuilding old brands. 

If you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to tell your family, friends, and other members of YOUR network about it… and encourage them to listen to it, too.

Looking Forward is THE podcast about global trends. opportunities, and the future, and how YOU might capitalize on those: Think... jobs, careers, business start-ups, ventures, investments, life enrichment. Guests are experts in their field, and most are C-suite executives, household names, authors, and/or from prestigious universities or similar organizations.

Looking Forward is a great source for media outlets, publishers, etc. to include as part of their content. We can customize our content for YOUR target audience. Some, such as TAPinto.net, are already doing that! And we are happy to announce that soon InternetFM Radio Network will also become one of our content distributors.

Looking Forward also offers a smart and affordable way for advertisers to promote their products or services, especially given its positive spin and informative, entertaining, and wholesome content.

For more information, or to request topics, speakers, or to have Jeff as a guest on your show, please contact www.jeff-ostroff.com

If that's of interest to you, your child, a grandchild, a friend, or someone else in your network, then listen to my guest expert, Ryan Farrell. Ryan is an economist with the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Ryan not only speaks about some of the fantastic FREE tools BLS offers to help you find out which jobs are projected to grow the most during this decade, he provides examples of specifics jobs that are likely to grow the most. Hint: 6 of the top 10 fastest growing jobs are expected to be found in just one industry!

Hope you enjoy this episode of Looking Forward.TM

Hi everyone! What things have colleges and universities gotten right or wrong over the past few decades? How has and will COVID-19 affect them in the future? And what are some important things students-- younger or older-- need to consider when deciding on where to go to college and what to major in.  

My outstanding guest expert, Jeff Selingo, will discuss these topics and more. Jeff has written about higher education for more than two decades and is a New York Times bestselling author of three books. His latest book, Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, was published in September 2020 and was named an Editors’ Choice by the New York Times Book Review. A regular contributor to The Atlantic, Jeff also co-hosts the podcast, FutureU.  Previously, Jeff was the top editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education, where he worked for sixteen years in a variety of reporting and editing roles.

If you like this episode of Looking Forward, please let your family, friends, co-workers, and others in your network know about it. Thanks. Jeff 

Hi everyone. In this episode of Looking Forward, we’re going to continue speaking about a profession which is intended to help people improve their success in the working world. I’m speaking about professional career coaching, and, within that domain, executive coaching.

In Part 2 of this two-part series, we’ll discuss such things as: what the future may have in store for executive and career coaching, how to determine whether you need a career coach—whether you are an executive or not— tips on choosing a coach, and what opportunities the world of career and executive coaching might offer to those in the know, such as YOU, our Looking Forward listeners!

To help us do this, we’re again going to chat with our outstanding guest expert, Alison Joslyn. Alison Joslyn is an International Coaching Federation certified executive coach, speaker, and workshop leader. For over 25 years she worked as a senior executive in the biopharma industry. Her roles ranged from leading large, international commercial regions and country operations, to heading strategic functions and franchises globally,

Alison leverages her business and leadership experience-- in combination with her coaching skills-- to support senior executives and high potential individuals as they seek to maximize their impact and grow in responsibility, all while facing the complexity and uncertainties of today’s environment. She works 1 to 1 with coaching clients across a variety of industries.

Alison is a graduate of Yale University, received her MBA from Dartmouth and her coaching certification from the University of Miami of Florida.  

If you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to tell your family, friends, and other members of YOUR network about it… and encourage them to listen to it, too.

Looking Forward is THE podcast about global trends. opportunities, and the future, and how YOU might capitalize on those: Think... jobs, careers, business start-ups, ventures, investments, life enrichment. Guests are experts in their field, and most are senior executives, household names, authors, and/or from prestigious universities or similar organizations.

Looking Forward is a great source for media outlets, publishers, etc. to include as part of their content. We can customize our content for YOUR target audience. Some, such as TAPinto.net, are already doing that! And we are happy to announce that soon InternetFM Radio Network will also become one of our content distributors.

Looking Forward also offers a smart and affordable way for advertisers to promote their products or services, especially given its positive spin and informative, entertaining, and wholesome content.

For more information, or to request topics, speakers, or to have Jeff as a guest on your show, please contact www.jeff-ostroff.com

How have families, marriage, and relationships been affected by COVID-19 in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world? What impact will this have on our individual and collective futures? And what OPPORTUNITIES might it present for students looking for a career to pursue, job seekers and job changers, business owners and entrepreneurs, and possibly investors, too.

In Part 2 of this two-episode Looking ForwardTM series, we'll discuss these topics with my guest expert, Dr. Bahira Trask. Dr. Trask is an expert on family trends. She is Professor and Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Dr. Trask holds a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on globalization and family change in Western and non-Western countries, and she presents regularly on these topics at international forums including at the United Nations.  Dr. Trask has authored and edited a number of books including Women, Work, and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities(Routledge, 2014), Globalization and Families: Accelerated Systemic Social Change, (Springer, 2010) and Cultural Diversity and Families (Sage, 2007). 

If you like this episode of Looking Forward, please let your family, friends, co-workers and us know about it.  And, if you missed Part 1 with Dr. Trask, please check it out! Thanks. Jeff

Hi everyone. In this episode, we’re going to speak about trends in a multi-billion-dollar profession which is growing roughly 6-7% annually, and is intended to help people improve their success in the working world. I’m speaking about career coaching, and, more specifically, within that domain, executive coaching.

In Part 1 of this two-part Looking Forward series, we’ll discuss several topics, including: what executive coaches do and who they serve, how the field of career and executive coaching has evolved over the past few decades, and what impact COVID-19 has had on the industry.

To help us do this, we’ve brought on a fantastic guest expert. She’s Alison Joslyn. Alison Joslyn is an International Coaching Federation certified executive coach, speaker, and workshop leader. For over 25 years she worked as a senior executive in the biopharma industry. Her roles ranged from leading large, international commercial regions and country operations, to heading strategic functions and franchises globally,

Alison leverages her business and leadership experience-- in combination with her coaching skills-- to support senior executives and high potential individuals as they seek to maximize their impact and grow in responsibility, all while facing the complexity and uncertainties of today’s environment. She works 1 to 1 with coaching clients across a variety of industries.

Alison is a graduate of Yale University, received her MBA from Dartmouth and her coaching certification from the University of Miami of Florida. In her spare time she is a competitive endurance athlete and a keen wildlife photographer!

If you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to tell your family, friends, and other members of YOUR network about it… and encourage them to listen to it, too.  

Looking Forward is THE podcast about global trends. opportunities, and the future, and how YOU might capitalize on those: Think... jobs, careers, business start-ups, ventures, investments, life enrichment. Guests are experts in their field, and most are senior executives, household names, authors, and/or from prestigious universities or similar organizations.

Looking Forward is a great source for media outlets, publishers, etc. to include as part of their content. We can customize our content for YOUR target audience. Some, such as TAPinto.net, are already doing that! And we are happy to announce that soon InternetFM Radio Network will also become one of our content distributors.

Looking Forward also offers a smart and affordable way for advertisers to promote their products or services, especially given its positive spin and informative, entertaining, and wholesome content.

For more information, or to request topics, speakers, or to have Jeff as a guest on your show, please contact www.jeff-ostroff.com

How have families both in the U.S. and elsewhere evolved and changed over the years. especially in the last few decades. And what implications does that have on your work, relationships, living arrangements, marriage, etc.?

In Part 1 of this two-episode Looking ForwardTM series, we'll discuss these topics with my guest expert, Dr. Bahira Trask. In Part 2, Dr. Trask and I will discuss what impact COVID-19 is having on families, what changes she foresees in families over the next several years, and what opportunities that might suggest for those in the know... such as you, our Looking Forward readers and listeners.

Dr. Bahira Trask is an expert on family trends. She is Professor and Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Dr. Trask holds a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on globalization and family change in Western and non-Western countries, and she presents regularly on these topics at international forums including at the United Nations.  Dr. Trask has authored and edited a number of books including Women, Work, and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities(Routledge, 2014), Globalization and Families: Accelerated Systemic Social Change, (Springer, 2010) and Cultural Diversity and Families (Sage, 2007).

Hi everyone. In today’s episode of Looking Forward, we’re again going to discuss an activity which has become even more crucial to your career success and life fulfillment: networking.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we discussed such things as (1) what networking looks like and effective ways to do it, how networking has evolved over the years, networking globally, and what impact COVID 19 is having on networking. 

In Part 2 of this series we’ll learn more great tips on the benefits of networking and how to network, we’ll explore where networking may go in the future, and take a look at what opportunities that may present to those in the know, including YOU, our Looking Forward listeners.

To do that, we’ve again tapping the knowledge, wisdom, and experience of an outstanding guest expert, Jack Killion. Jack Killion has successfully applied the skills of networking to his advantage, and at times, to the advantage of others, too, for over 50 years!

Jack is the author of the book, “Network: All the Time, Everywhere, with Everybody.” He’s used his networking skills to launch and grow 10 different companies, buy, sell, and merge companies, and advise 1000s of entrepreneurs. He’s developed business opportunities both inside and outside of the U.S.

Jack’s also counselled leaders of diverse Fortune 500 companies as a consultant with McKinsey & Company during the early part of his career. He’s served on the Boards of many U.S. and international private and public corporations and leading charities, been named the first entrepreneur-in-residence at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and has served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers, Montclair State, and Fairleigh Dickinson Universities.

Jack’s latest venture is Street-Smart Entrepreneurs, which he founded and leads as its CEO. Street-Smart Entrepreneurs strategically advises… and provides street-smart information-- via events and online courses-- to entrepreneurs, business owners, & leaders in person and online.

Jack Killion received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University, and his MBA from MIT.

If you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to tell your family, friends, and other members of YOUR network about it… and encourage them to listen to it, too.  

Looking Forward is THE podcast about global trends. opportunities, and the future, and how YOU might capitalize on those: Think... jobs, careers, business start-ups, ventures, investments, life enrichment. Guests are experts in their field, and most are senior executives, household names, authors, and/or from prestigious universities or similar organizations.

Looking Forward is a great source for media outlets, publishers, etc. to include as part of their content. We can customize our content for YOUR target audience. Some, such as TAPinto.net, are already doing that! And we are happy to announce that soon InternetFM Radio Network will also become one of our content distributors.

Looking Forward also offers a smart and affordable way for advertisers to promote their products or services, especially given its positive spin and informative, entertaining, and wholesome content.

For more information, or to request topics, speakers, or to have Jeff as a guest on your show, please contact www.jeff-ostroff.com

Hi everyone. On today’s episode of Looking Forward, we’re going to focus on trends, opportunities, and the future of senior living communities. We’re also going to hear some great tips on how you or someone in your family can choose the right senior living community. When we discuss the topic of senior living, we’re more and more speaking about where the baby boomers live or want to live. To help us do that, we’ve brought on expert in the field of senior living. She’s Barbara Kleger.

Barbara Kleger has been serving the senior housing industry since 1978 when she was Vice President of a public company that developed Continuing Care Retirement Communities in the Eastern United States. Barbara now serves as President of Kleger Associates, a division of KD Partners, LLC. The company specializes in strategic planning, consumer research and marketing solutions for the mature market.

During her career she has been active in many organizations and boards serving both the retirement industry and the senior consumer. Barbara’s specialties include consumer research, staff training, and marketing for age-targeted lifestyles and communities, including continuing care retirement communities, independent living, 55+ active lifestyle communities, senior living, and assisted living.