Record Retirements, Quitting & New Business Starts in 2021 There have been a record number of retirements, quitting and new business starts in 2021. 2021 employment market looks nothing like the employment market prior to when the pandemic started. We are living in unprecedented times and I wanted to unpack this and get your feedback. […]
How to Make the Disruption Induced by COVID-19 a Competitive Advantage
Make the Disruption Induced by COVID-19 a Competitive Advantage How can you make all of this disruption a competitive advantage in your career? I have been writing about the disruption that COVID-19 has caused for several months. Check out the previous posts here: How to Become Relevant Again in Your Career Post COVID-19 Why Experience […]
Have you Awoken to the Great Realization and New Found Clarity?
The Great Realization and New Found Clarity Many of you are waking up in 2021 to what people are calling the ‘great realization’ and are finding new clarity in your life and career. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed most of us out of our comfort zones and we are finding clarity in our lives. I […]
Starting Your Own Business? What is Stopping You?
Starting Your Own Business? Are you starting your own business in 2020? If you are you are not alone. There has been an explosion of business formation applications in 2020 (census.gov). What the census bureau has not published is the age ranges of the people who have formed businesses. We are expecting that in the […]
Entrepreneurship in the 2nd Half of Life – Now is the Time
Entrepreneurship in the 2nd Half of Life COVID-19 will push many of you into entrepreneurship in the 2nd half of life. I wrote about this previously in the post The Necessity Entrepreneur – A Path to Freedom and on the podcast episode, Are You Prepared to be an ‘After the Age of 50’ Entrepreneur? Many of […]
Is Full-Time Employment a Good Career Strategy?
Is Full-Time Employment a Good Career Strategy? You have to wonder if full-time employment is a good career strategy. We are living through the 3rd major economic downturn caused by a major disruption in the world in the last 20 years. First, we had 911 and the dot-com bust. Then came the great recession caused […]
I Became Lost And It Was The Best Thing That Happened To Me [Guest Post]
I Became Lost Let me explain. In mid-2017 I decided to leave my job. I was the Executive Director and Publisher for the Mennonite Church in the U.S. and Canada. I was ideally suited for the job and for most of my 11 years there I had enjoyed it immensely. I had reached the pinnacle […]
How to Work Online When You Think You’re Too Old [Guest Post]
How to Work Online When You Think You’re Too Old The ‘how’ of working online is actually the easiest part of everything. The hard part of working online is what is going on in your mind. Let’s first define ‘too old’ What age would that be? 45? 55? 65? 75? I bet we would all […]
Entrepreneur to Employee Transition
Entrepreneur to Employee The entrepreneur to employee transition is something I am seeing over and over again. There are a number of reasons this is happening: Baby Boomer business owner who is tired of running their own business. They want to sell but want to continue to work. Baby Boomer business owner or a family member […]
