Blog and Twitter hiatus
Followers have suggested that I explain why I haven’t posted or tweeted for months. The reason is that I’m writing a book for McGraw-Hill and it’s consuming every waking hour outside of my normal coaching and speaking assignments. The book is titled THE CEO DIFFERENCE: How to Climb, Crawl, and Leap Your Way to [...]
Learn MoreBaby Boomer’s Mentor Problem: Their Trusted Advisors Grow Old and Die
Posted on November 24th, 2009 by in Speaking Professionally
Who to go to for wise advice now?
President Obama declared Senator Ted Kennedy his mentor. Katie Couric and Dan Rather claimed Walter Cronkite was theirs. Just three very public examples that represent a larger demographic trend of baby boomers who have lost their mentors.
Traditionally mentors are older which means to a 50-60 year-old [...]