American culture is so focused on youth, that we miss the fact that life, and people, get a whole lot more interesting after 50. Or, so I’m told.

Leadership has never been a solo sport — even when we have treated it that way. The research is catching up to what we already know.

For leaders over 50, the narrative around career progression is changing—and executive coaching is helping rewrite it. Far from being a period of decline, this phase of life can be one of the most powerful and purposeful chapters of leadership.

We might wonder how we can change our neurodivergent employees’ behavior to fit into the way we do everything at work. Instead, we can find ways to seek, find, and support the unique genius in everyone.

Why are some people unceasingly hopeful, even in the worst of times?

Most board recruitment happens through personal networks, referrals, and “who knows who.” But there are other ways to find new members.

If there were just more hours in the day, we could work ourselves to death. There is help.

The cost of coaching varies. Choose a coach that resonates with your challenges and spirit, and explore ways to pay for this investment in your performance and well being.

The act of planning is often treated like an obstacle for procrastination, rather than an opportunity to build a roadmap. And yet, leaders have a sense of relief upon creating a blueprint for the future.

What should leaders do when their organization is faced with a sudden and radical reduction in revenues?

Some stories about ourselves we have had in our heads since childhood, and we don’t question where they came from or whether they are even true.

I measured myself against a Sequoia and grabbed hold of it, and remember wondering if I could live there, in the forest, while the four members of my family drove off.