The Wall Street Journal reported in June, Some of the world’s richest people derive their wealth from closely-held business. At $3 trillion, private businesses controlled by “ultra high net worth” families are valued at a fraction of the world’s roughly $55 trillion stock market capitalization at the end of 2012, according to data from Wealth-X [Continue Reading]
Work-Life Balance; Work, Love, Play
“The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play.” Work, Love and Play are the three realms of life discussed by Erik Erikson. Erik Homburger Erikson was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He may [Continue Reading]
HowTo Survive Being In The Sandwich Generation
When we think of sandwiches, we probably all have our favorites – peanut butter and jelly, turkey rueben, ham and cheese, just to name a few. But what about a different kind of sandwich? What about the sandwich generation? This type of sandwich refers to individuals usually squeezed between younger children as well as elderly [Continue Reading]
New Year’s – let’s leave that there!
Two employees were in the break room, one was chatting non stop about her old boss and their habits, behavior and all the things the employee disliked. The other employee listened and listened then finally suggested, “Why don’t you leave that old boss at the old job.” When moving my wife’s mother and aunt to [Continue Reading]
Performance Management Between the Stardust and Sawdust
The Underground at the Mouse House — Where the Continuous Improvement happens My son did an internship at Disney World. One of the stark images he shared was the Disney Cast cafeteria in Underground Disney. The underground is more than three times the size of the park and is really at ground level. The park [Continue Reading]