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From Leading to Leaving: A Three-Year Guide to a Seamless Career Transition

Published by Stephen L. Kent on August 3, 2026

Executive Summary: The Three-Year Retirement Transition Framework (Note: For those who have been through one or more of my leadership academies, you may recall the Four Stages of Organizational Development. In this article, I have applied the Tuckman Tool (Bruce Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning) as a developmental guide to maintain team stability, alongside… Read more →

The Middle-Management Bottleneck: Why Your HR Strategy May Be Stalling

Published by Stephen L. Kent on August 2, 2026

If you sit in the HR director’s chair, you already know the quiet exhaustion of fighting fires you didn’t start. You build a brilliant strategic roadmap, secure executive sign-off, and launch initiatives designed to modernize culture, boost retention, and drive performance. Yet, despite your best efforts, the needle barely moves. Engagement scores stay flat, talent leaks out the back door,… Read more →

Beyond the Grumble: How to Handle Perpetual Critics Who Weaponize “Improvement”

Published by Stephen L. Kent on August 1, 2026

Every healthy community, whether it’s a neighborhood association, an open-source project, a professional organization, or an online forum, relies on feedback to grow. Constructive input is essential to progress. It is also integral to ensuring ownership by everyone involved in both the process and the results. However, there is a distinct archetype familiar to anyone who has ever tried to… Read more →