Winners in the Second Half – A Guide for Executives at the Top of their Game

<p>Preface xi</p>
<p>Acknowledgements xv</p>
<p>1 Winning in the Second Half OR Seize a new opportunity 1</p>
<p>Unconscious stereotyping 1</p>
<p>Harder for high flyers 3</p>
<p>Choosing the right words 5</p>
<p>Reframing our perceptions 8</p>
<p>Winning in the Second Half 9</p>
<p>The Extended Career 10</p>
<p>Developing the Gameplan: Seize a new opportunity 15</p>
<p>2 The game has changed OR Claim your Generativity 21</p>
<p>Government and society 21</p>
<p>Organisations 23</p>
<p>Individuals 26</p>
<p>Letting go of the ladder and when is enough enough ? 26</p>
<p>Generativity: the new definition of success 28</p>
<p>The match with Level 5 leadership 33</p>
<p>Integrating Generativity with personal career sustainability 37</p>
<p>Developing the Gameplan: Claim your Generativity 41</p>
<p>3 Becoming a Second Half hero OR Create your own role model 45</p>
<p>Minorities and typologies 45</p>
<p>The Defender 47</p>
<p>The Referee 50</p>
<p>On the Benches 54</p>
<p>The Captain 57</p>
<p>The Coach 61</p>
<p>The Olympic Athlete 66</p>
<p>The Master 69</p>
<p>Developing the Gameplan: Create your own role model 73</p>
<p>4 Winning against the odds OR Overcome obstacles 75</p>
<p>Confronting prejudices 77</p>
<p>Myths and realities 81</p>
<p>Diversity parallels 84</p>
<p>Training and development for the over 50s an oxymoron? 85</p>
<p>A New Age for education 91</p>
<p>Obstacles of our own creation 95</p>
<p>The age taboo 100</p>
<p>The final obstacle: What comes next? 101</p>
<p>Developing the Gameplan: Overcome obstacles 105</p>
<p>5 Playing your own game OR Seek your own significance 107</p>
<p>Earlier role models and expectations 108</p>
<p>Who do we become? 115</p>
<p>Significance takes different forms 118</p>
<p>Sea change and significance 121</p>
<p>Silver linings and golden handshakes 125</p>
<p>What if I don t know what I want to do? 127</p>
<p>Permissioning oneself to set intentions 130</p>
<p>Developing the Gameplan: Seek your own significance 133</p>
<p>6 Your legacy to the game OR Leverage your platform 143</p>
<p>Values and meaning 144</p>
<p>The importance of moving towards your aim 145</p>
<p>Pushing the peanut forward 147</p>
<p>What legacy to leave? 150</p>
<p>Leveraging the platform 152</p>
<p>A special challenge 154</p>
<p>Extended Careers whose responsibility? 159</p>
<p>Developing the Gameplan: Leverage your platform 163</p>
<p>7 Energy sources for a strong Second Half OR Sustainability: personal training for remaining a winner throughout 167</p>
<p>Sustainable careers 167</p>
<p>Fuelling sustainability 169</p>
<p>Finances 172</p>
<p>Physical wellbeing 173</p>
<p>Family and friends 175</p>
<p>Fun and leisure 185</p>
<p>Purposeful activity/work 187</p>
<p>Continuous learning 190</p>
<p>Self and spirituality 192</p>
<p>Developing the Gameplan: Remaining a winner throughout 195</p>
<p>References 197</p>
<p>Index 199</p>