Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and taught at INSEAD and Harvard Business School before that. Her book Working Identity argues that you find a new career by trying things and learning from what happens. Her site carries free articles, including a September 2026 piece on rebuilding your story after being fired. Start here if you feel you need a clear answer before you can move.
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Changing Careers After Forty
For the professional past forty who suspects the next chapter should look different from the last one.
Changing careers in midlife is common, and the advice about it is mostly written for people in their twenties. This page gathers researchers, writers and institutions that deal with reinvention later in a working life. It is for anyone past forty weighing a second or third act.
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Herminia IbarraHerminia Ibarra · London Business School
Kerry HannonKerry Hannon · kerryhannon.com
Kerry Hannon writes about careers and money for workers over 50 in outlets including The New York Times, MarketWatch and Yahoo Finance. Her books include In Control at 50+ and What's Next? Her site covers job searching, career change, ageism and flexible work, and offers a newsletter. Read her for the practical side of working longer.
Subscribe →Dorie ClarkDorie Clark · dorieclark.com
Dorie Clark is the author of Reinventing You, a step-by-step guide to reinventing your professional life. Her other books include The Long Game and Entrepreneurial You. Her site offers a free Reinventing You self-assessment in exchange for an email address. It is useful if your change depends on people seeing you differently.
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CoGenerateCoGenerate, formerly Encore.org
CoGenerate is a San Francisco nonprofit that was called Encore.org until 2022. Marc Freedman leads it. Its Encore Fellowships placed more than 2,000 experienced professionals in social-impact work, and it now runs programs that pair older and younger people. Come here if your next act is about purpose as much as pay.
Visit the site →Stanford Distinguished Careers InstituteStanford University
The Distinguished Careers Institute brings accomplished people back to Stanford for their next chapter. Fellows join classes, work alongside students and faculty, and take part in community projects. The site has an annual report, an FAQ and information sessions, and it is taking applications for the Class of 2027. Look here if you want a structured program to rethink your work.
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