What do I want?

It whispers.

If you’re anything like my clients, you’re asking yourself, “What am I going to do?”

After the travel and the golfing and the beach.

Then what?

As you ascended to the highest levels in your organization, there were a limited number of roles you were considering or being considered for.

There was a path, a track.

And it was well-defined, for the most part.

But your Second Act?  With all of its appealing spaciousness and options?

You don’t know where to begin.

And your job is so rigorous, so consuming, that there literally isn’t any bandwidth.

But the question keeps coming: What do I want?

Allow me to suggest a starting point, a way of beginning to think about things:

How can I use this important question in a way that guides me, rather than haunts me (in the middle of the night) and doesn’t creep up from behind when my current work life falls away?

Some resources and opportunities:

• Brad Wilson, CEO Emeritus of BCBS of NC, will be returning to The Making Magnificence Project®, this time for a conversation on how he prepared for, navigated, and came out thriving in his Second Act. Brad’s interview, along with the entire 2025 Season of The Project, should be released in October.  Stay tuned.
• If you want to strategically address the question of ‘What’s Next,’ or you simply want a trusted guide in your back pocket while in your current role, this program is among the most popular and accessible. We meet quarterly for 90 minutes, you have full access to me between meetings for any questions and coaching (in other words, text me and we’ll get on the phone that day), and the pre-work in advance of each session keeps our strategic focus while we dive into targeted execution of what’s happening right now.  The fee is 35K for the entire year.  It’s no secret why clients renew year after year.
• Brand New Offering! On February 26+27, I’m hosting The Big Work Retreat, an immersive experience for senior leaders looking to uncover and map out a Second Act that is fulfilling, fun, and makes an impact.  With an intimate-size cohort of peers at a 5-star property in Raleigh located 10 minutes from the airport, this unique and exclusive program will give you time and space and a plan.  This program includes individual coaching with me, small group working sessions, activities to get you to think brave and bold, brand new IP that I’ll be sharing, and 60 days of individual coaching access to me post-retreat with unlimited membership in the Big Work Community and quarterly calls to sustain your momentum.  This is the only live program I’m offering in 2026 and is offered at an introductory rate of 15K.  Fee includes full program and materials, meals, welcome dinner, and your room.  To learn more and apply, drop me a note here. 
  Seats are extremely limited.