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Talent, operations, and reputation are inseparable and boards should adapt their approach.
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Redesigning Your Life: The Transition to a Portfolio Lifestyle
Making the transition from an executive to a board career, or a “portfolio lifestyle,” can come with unexpected personal, emotional, and psychological challenges, as these directors recount.
Seasoned executives often find themselves at a significant inflection point during their careers. This inflection point does not merely call for a job change, which would often be the case while they climbed the proverbial ladder. Instead, they face a life redesign ...
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Susan Paley is an NACD advisor and the former vice president of the NACD chapter network. Before joining NACD, Paley was a television producer and scriptwriter, working for the BBC, Discovery Networks Europe, C-SPAN, and the World Bank. A certified leadership coach, Paley recently made the leap from an executive role to a portfolio lifestyle and is the founder of Bright Spots Coaching.
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