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Hand on the Shoulder
Finding freedom in the confluence of love and career
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Design of a Custom Executive Coaching Program
Design of a Custom Executive Coaching Program
Building a coaching program using the analysis of an executives personal assessment results.
Author_Grant.Tate
Aug 15, 2023
The Black Kid
The Black Kid
At the age of six or eight, I liked to play with toy soldiers. World War II was raging in Europe and the far East, so I tried to simulate…
Author_Grant.Tate
Jul 31, 2022
The Silk Mill
The Silk Mill
An excerpt from “Hand on the Shoulder: Finding freedom in the confluence of love and career.”
Author_Grant.Tate
Jun 14, 2022
Hand on the Shoulder: Finding freedom in the confluence of love and career
Hand on the Shoulder: Finding freedom in the confluence of love and career
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Author_Grant.Tate
Apr 3, 2022
Trains
Trains
In those days, Orange was a railroad town, a dangerous little town. Two tracks, one owned by Southern Railways and the other by the…
Author_Grant.Tate
Jan 26, 2022
The Light
A week later, I stepped into the empty house. The furniture was sold last week and Saturday’s garage sale disposed of miscellaneous items…
Author_Grant.Tate
Nov 15, 2021
I Had a Flat in Montesson:
Introduction to my book in process. (Yes, it is real.)
Author_Grant.Tate
Nov 10, 2021
The Sauna
I blink, trying to see through my steamed-up glasses. I’d stop to wipe them, but my hands are full of towels and massage oil. I’ll just…
Author_Grant.Tate
Oct 24, 2021
East Berlin
He stares at my passport while I shift from side to side on thin soled business shoes. The light is dim. Other than the gooseneck lamp…
Author_Grant.Tate
Oct 24, 2021
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers
At the age of six or eight, I liked to play with toy soldiers. World War II was raging in Europe and the far East, so I tried to simulate…
Author_Grant.Tate
Jul 31, 2021
Sledding in the Shadow of the Standpipe
Sledding in the Shadow of the Standpipe
It was cold that year, unusually cold for Virginia, the gray clouds hanging heavy in the sky promised to bring snow, sleet and misery to…
Author_Grant.Tate
Jun 24, 2021
The House on Standpipe Hill
The House on Standpipe Hill
On one of the highest hills in Orange, Virginia, in the shadow of the hundred-foot standpipe that once held the town’s water supply, sits a…
Author_Grant.Tate
Jun 22, 2021
Runaway Table
Runaway Table
I grew up in a one-horse town. You know, one of those cut in half by the Southern Railroad track, a town where the well-heeled send black…
Author_Grant.Tate
Nov 22, 2020
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