Retiring

Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical advice on retirement, providing insights to guide you in broader areas of life - identity issues, relationship challenges, and questions about creating a retirement life structure that works for you.

Teresa M. Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor, Emerita, at Harvard Business School, USA and the coauthor of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Lotte Bailyn is the T Wilson (1953) Professor, Emerita, at MIT's Sloan School of Management, USA and the author of Breaking the Mold: Redesigning Work for Productive and Satisfying Lives. Marcy Crary is Professor Emerita, Bentley University, USA. Her research interests focus on diversity pedagogy, cross-identity work relationships, and transitions in the "third phase" of life. Douglas T. Hall is the Friedman Professor of Management, Emeritus, Boston University, USA. His research deals with careers, retirement, work-life integration, and leadership development. Kathy E. Kram is the R.C. Shipley Professor in Management, Emerita, at Boston University, USA. Her interests include adult development, mentoring, gender in leadership, and change processes.

Foreword by Dorian Mintzer, Ph.D. Introduction. Understanding the Experience of Retiring Chapter 1. Retiring Takes Work: The Four Big Tasks Chapter 2. Task 1: Deciding When and How to Retire Chapter 3. Task 2: Detaching from Work Chapter 4. Task 3: Building a Provisional Life Structure for Retirement Chapter 5. Task 4: Consolidating a Stable Life Structure for Retirement Chapter 6. The Role of Others in the Retirement Transition Epilogue. Putting the Lessons to Work Research Appendix Notes Acknowledgements