Bøger af Kathleen O'Brien

Author Kathleen O'Brien brings 30-plus years as an award-winning educator, writer, strategic planner, and project consultant in the sustainable building field to her work as Founder of the EMERGE Leadership Project. Through this project, O'Brien has been providing leadership development support including training, mentoring, and tools to green building professionals and advocates with the ultimate goal of making this world a better place for all living species, now and into the future. Members of the sustainable building community who have participated in EMERGE programs have successfully launched policy initiatives, commercial enterprises, professional career transitions, community projects and more. The sustainability coordinator of one leading design firm has called EMERGE training "life-altering." Now, O'Brien shares the strategic leadership model that is at the core of EMERGE programs, along with case studies, practical guidance, a personal leadership development template, and bonus exercises to assist you on your personal leadership journey.

Shortly before author Kathleen O''Brien turned sixty, the former copywriter, TV broadcaster and university lecturer became intrigued by the aging process. She wondered why Western societies encouraged older people to fight old age, while indigenous and Eastern cultures accepted and celebrated their later years. With the enthusiasm of an investigative journalist, O''Brien delved into ancient philosophy and modern gerontologic science, interviewed countless experts, and after a decade of research, developed a blueprint for successful aging. In Reclaim Your Right to Grow Old How to immerse yourself in, be curious about, and celebrate life''s most important stage, O''Brien shares the startling similarities between the findings of cutting-edge gerontologists and the advice of ancient philosophers: growing old has a purpose. Reclaim Your Right to Grow Old is filled with references and data but crafted in light, often humorous, clear and direct writing. It''s loaded with anecdotes, quotes from interview subjects, illustrations, gerontologic research, and O''Brien''s memories. The book invites readers to take an eye-opening journey into the meaning of aging-and to discover for themselves why growing old could be the most important thing they ever do.