THANKSGIVING CARRIED FORWARD

As I get ready to host Thanksgiving dinner, I am thinking again of what I am thankful for. When my son was younger, he and I used to write our lists of things we are thankful for and share that at the table. Now everyone (family and friends) just comes and eats.

So I'll write a few things here that are on my list this year. I am thankful and grateful for family and friends, of course; that I have the opportunity to interact with extraordinary, original and open-minded people; that I can use my creativity and intellect for new solutions to the challenges I see developing; that I and my fellow Boomers have the energy and desire to keep contributing and achieving; and that though each succeeding generation seems to be more of a "me" generation than the last one, the young people are serious about trying to make the world and the workplace a better place - for all of us.

As an optimist who doesn't like being disappointed (though it happens frequently enough), this bodes  well for constructive succession planning and transitioning.

Phyllis Weiss Haserot   www.pdcounsel.com