The Next Act Archives

The Next Act—Saying “Goodbye” to Corporate Life

If you’ve decided it’s time for something new in your professional life, and if that something new goes beyond a simple job change to a vocation change, it pays to be prepared. You’ll be balancing simultaneous equations that include: reinventing yourself and your skills; starting up and building a client base or book of business, and navigating an emotional roller coaster with some high-highs, step drops and the occasional corkscrew that will find you momentarily upside down and disoriented.

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:11:05-05:00December 2nd, 2015|Career|0 Comments

The Next Act—Pivot to Focus on Your Superpower

In the dozens of discussions I’ve held with 50-somethings on this Next Act career topic, I can literally count on one hand the number of individuals who expressed satisfaction with their work. It seems that after several decades of hard work, people are growing tired of the corporate grind. The most common answer to, "What's next?" has been, "retirement" and, "play more golf." If chasing a little white ball around a lawn doesn't do it for you, it's time to focus on making the pivot from where you are at to something that leverages your superpower.

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:11:06-05:00October 29th, 2015|Career|2 Comments

The Next Act—Answering The Wake-Up Call

For most of the later career re-inventors I’ve worked with, the wake-up call wasn’t so much a single trigger event as it was a confluence of several issues. It's a big decision to leave behind something you've been doing for decades. It may be the best decision for you, but a bit of planning goes a long way. Here are 9 suggestions for anyone considering answering the career-reinvention wake-up call:

By Art Petty|2018-01-29T08:22:00-06:00October 4th, 2015|Career, Career Reinvention|0 Comments

The Next Act—for Later Career Leaders

New and emerging leaders are our future. It’s essential to support their development as they take the reins in our challenging world. They are and will remain the focal point of my content here at Management Excellence. However, there’s an audience whose needs in my opinion are grossly under-served in the career and leadership blogging and writing ecosystem: the later-career (read: over-50) senior leaders and executives. With this post, I'm announcing a new blog feature focused on the needs of this experienced audience.

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:11:06-05:00September 21st, 2015|Career|11 Comments