âAbbie Hoffman on the Yippies and the 1968 Democratic Convention. Officially founded by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin in January 1968, the Youth International Party, or Yippies, were a countercultural group that briefly gained fame as a part of American activism.
Stretch assignments are experiences that challenge and potentially broaden a personâs current capabilities; e.g., assignments that require someone to manage and negotiate change, exert influence over others, and build coalitions.
An assignment is when you transfer all of your remaining interests in the lease to someone else, called the âassigneeâ. In the example above, itâs when you give the assignee the right to live on the premises for the entire 12-month term of the master lease.