In the NGO area
After a very fruitful 35.4 years in Corporate work, I transitioned into the NGO + space. I am in six areas for NGO's; an international school, two non-stock, , non-profit Foundations, an Industry association, a Retirees Club and a Christian church. The '+' part are a coaching role, two start-up companies, a micro-finance association, my wife's business and managing my retirement portfolio of condos, homes and investments giving fixed income. Being a retiree, the fixed income bit is very important. I did pretty well in retirement preparations. It was something I always told my people when they joined my organizations. My mantra then was: Prepare for your Retirement, Know your Tasks and Targets and TEAM - Together everybody achieves more! It is now nearly 3 years since I did that step over and time to take stock of what has happened. One could argue that having 6+6 areas of activities isn't ...