protege

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

Time passes and we're all growing older. I'm 56 this year. Recently,

Blue Poppy hired a General Manager to take over Honora's and my

managerial and administrative duties. We also recently hired a

professional copyrighter for advertising. Now I'm thinking about

someone to eventually replace me in terms of Blue Poppy Press's

editor-in-chief and Blue Poppy Herbs' R & D person. I'm not

necessarily planning on going anywhere soon, but one never knows and,

sooner or later, Blue Poppy will need someone to take over from me.

Since the skill set is somewhat unique, it might take several years to

find/develop my successor.

 

Some of the requirements would be:

 

Ten years clinical experience preferred (five, maybe, depending on the

person)

A reading knowledge of Chinese (by the time they were eventually

hired)

Better than average English and writing skills

Better than average knowledge of Chinese medicine, especially internal

medicine

A true passion for Chinese medicine

 

Maybe we're talking about two separate people: one for herbal R & D

for Blue Poppy Herbs and one for editor of Blue Poppy Press. That's a

possibility, although it'd be great to find one person who could do

both.

 

Anyone who thinks they might be interested in eventually taking over

my position, should get in touch with me at:

 

bob.

 

It's not that my job is currently open, but I expect it would take

most people a few years to develop the skills we will eventually be

needing. At the moment, we're talking about a mentoring relationship.

Depending on the person, we might also be talking about the person

being paid to teach some of the classes I have developed. In that

case, the person would also have to have some knowledge

of or be willing to learn about adult education and public-speaking.

 

Bob