About Jim

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Jim Hasse is a retired Accredited Business Communicator and certified Global Career Development Facilitator. 

When he was born in 1943, doctors thought he would never walk or talk or go to school.

In 1965, he obtained his degree in journalism with honors from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
 

And, for 60 years since then, he's had the opportunity to show others how to harness the power of personal transformation.

Jim Hasse is author of "52 Shades of Growing Together," a Substack.com service of weekly stories.

They are fiction but based on Jim's experience as an 82-year-old social observer, as a retired Fortune 500 leader at the vice presidential level, and as a person with significant, lifelong physical disabilities.

Subscribers can access Jim's two-year archive of more than 100 stories right now. And his story archive grows month after month.    

First, he believes it’s impossible not to love (appreciate) someone who has shared a personal story. Stories bring people together.

Second, through stories, individuals tend to gain a greater understanding of life’s  complicated issues. And that brings people together.  
 

Third, personal stories give older adults an opportunity to share time-tested insight with family and friends. Newly discovered insights also bring people together.
 

That's what Jim and his wife, Pam, have learned during the last five years from their 300 fellow residents/neighbors at one of the top-ranking senior living communities in the United States.

For nearly 30 years, Jim served as a corporate communication officer for three CEOs of Foremost Farms USA, a regional dairy cooperative.

At the vice president level, he learned that understanding, dedication and strategy are essential for gaining meaningful corporate transformation.

Jim maintains that transformation requires commitment to a common vision. He fostered the Foremost Farms USA vision through storytelling and solid journalism.

Since 1994, Jim has published 14 books. They address disability employment and disability awareness  issues for parents, job seekers and hiring managers.
 

These 14 books are all based on personal stories – true stories about Jim's own  transformational journey. He also shares stories about the many individuals he's met through the years who have effectively dealt with vulnerability.

He's now devoted to helping families sidestep the internal pitfalls of aging and, instead, gain a common understanding of how to fully tap aging's potential for personal growth.