There are plenty of things I wish I had known when I graduated from Duke University 35 years ago. My recent trip to attend my nephew, Brian Hannon’s, graduation from…

You want a job that matters. Executive recruiter Laura Gassner Otting, who founded the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, knows what that’s all about. For the last decade, her Boston-based firm…

Nicholas Lore is a bit of a renaissance man. In his younger days, he was a denizen of Greenwich Village, soaking up the sixties with his boarding school roommate John…

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For more than a decade I’ve been reviewing books for USA Today’s Money section. There have been some really special books along the way–books that strike an inner chord with…

Read Published article Jane Pauley, the former star of The Today Show and Dateline is back. Last year, the 60-year-old newscaster returned home to NBC’s Today, launching a monthly segment called Your Life Calling with Jane…

Read Published Article Lee Woodruff’s first book, In an Instant, is aptly named. She begins with this sentence: “There is a ride at Disney World called the Tower of Terror, and…

Four ways to get ready for a midlife career switch By Kerry Hannon |   September 20, 2010   | Read Published Article at SecondAct When Cliff Stevenson chucked his 20-year…

Consider these trade-offs before returning to work after early retirement. By Kerry Hannon |   July 20, 2010 Read Published Article on SECONDACT.COM  You’re ready to head back to work after…

Read Published Article Heard of “nakations”? You might have if you listen to the 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour hosted by Kathy Bernard and Barbara Kline (left). Their guest one Saturday morning…