Speaking Her Students’ Language

My career has been a series of starts, stops and turns. In my 20s, I aggressively pushed myself toward success as a journalist for trade and consumer publications. By my early 30s, I poured my energies into being an occasional freelance writer and stay… Continue reading

For Multigenerational Travel, Think Outside the Mouse

An ever-growing number of active grandparents enjoy showing their grandkids the world because it creates memorable experiences for both generations. Multigenerational travel remains the top vacation trend, according to the 2019 Virtuoso Luxe Report, wh… Continue reading

How to Make Family Business Succession Successful

Nothing succeeds like success, the saying goes. But for family businesses, it’s smart succession planning that can be the key to sustaining the company in the future and keeping it flourishing. Problem is: few family business owners are doing a good jo… Continue reading

5 Benefits of Having a Multigenerational Family Business

Of the 28.8 million small businesses in the U.S. 19 percent are family-owned. As that type of business grows and evolves, it begins to benefit from the many generations running the day-to-day operations. Here are five ways a family business can benefit… Continue reading

What Older Workers and Younger Workers Can Learn From Each Other

(Excerpted from Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation by Dan Schawbel. Copyright © 2018. Available from Da Capo Lifelong Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc.) There’s a … Continue reading

5 Cool Ideas to Connect the Generations

(This is an article by a 2018 Next Avenue Influencer in Aging.) Want to live a more age-integrated life, with more daily connection to people of all ages? “Sure,” you’re thinking, “sounds great.” Long pause. “But how?” If you’re stumped, you’re not alo… Continue reading

Are You Living in an Age Bubble?

It turns out I’m living in an age bubble and I’m ready to leave it. That’s what I learned after taking the fun and eye-opening “Are You Living in An Age Bubble?” quiz created by the Generation to Generation initiative of the nonprofit Encore.org group…. Continue reading