Helping Executive Professionals Transition into Fulfilling Board Roles & Part-Time Leadership
Encore Career Coach
Your Experience Is Worth $400K+/Year. Let’s Prove It.
Transition from full-time work to selective advisory roles—where your decades of experience command the respect and compensation they deserve.
Leverage your decades of experience to create income, influence, and independence on your schedule.
Make retirement an encore with a new career—on your terms.
1. Executives Eyeing Board Roles
Many boards need your wisdom—they just don’t know how to find you. I fix that. Boardrooms thrive on seasoned judgment, yet most lack systems to connect with leaders like you. Let's bridge that gap by positioning your expertise where it’s valued most—whether guiding startups through scaling challenges or helping public companies navigate complex governance. Together, we’ll ensure your experience doesn’t just fill a seat but shapes outcomes.
2. Early Retirees Seeking Purpose
Replace golf with governance. Turn your career into a portfolio of meaningful, high-paid projects. The skills you honed over decades—strategic thinking, crisis management, mentorship—are exactly what growing organizations hunger for. Imagine earning $20K+ per year as a board advisor while setting your own schedule, or mentoring next-gen leaders in a way that reignites your own passion.
This isn’t about staying busy; it’s about leaving a legacy.
3. Corporate Refugees
Escape the 9-to-5 grind. Monetize your expertise as a part-time/fractional CXO. The corporate world’s loss can become your reinvention’s gain. By packaging your knowledge into project-based roles (like interim CFO or operations advisor), you’ll trade office politics for handpicked challenges that reward your expertise fairly. Many clients find this path offers not just better income, but renewed energy—because your work finally aligns with your worth.
How It Works: 3-Step Process
I’ll help you develop a winning, board-ready leadership profile based on your strengths, experience, and goals.
1. Clarify Your Vision
Audit your transferable boardroom skills (e.g., governance, risk oversight, and niche expertise) and identify ideal roles (e.g., public company boards, startup advisories, or nonprofit leadership).
2. Build Your Board-Ready Brand
Craft a “Director Portfolio” to replace your traditional CV.
Leverage LinkedIn to bring boards and headhunters to you.
3. Land High-Impact Roles
Learn proven strategies to uncover unlisted, unadvertised board and fractional leadership opportunities (then present yourself effectively).
Why Choose Me As Your Unretirement Architect?
Unlike generic career coaches, I specialize in helping executives navigate the nuanced transition from full-time work to impactful board seats, advisory roles, or fractional executive positions—without starting over or downplaying your expertise.
My approach blends governance expertise (including NACD certification guidance), insider access to board networks, and tailored positioning strategies that highlight your unique value to organizations needing your wisdom.
Book a free consultation today and discover how encore career coaching can transform your retirement.
Services
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Introductory Chat
Learn about how unretirement coaching can help you. You won’t get a sales pitch, just an objective, personalized plan from an executive career professional.
Duration: 15 minutes
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A la Carte Services
Personalized, hourly career coaching to support job transitions, resumes, interviews, and career clarity — flexible, focused, and actionable guidance.
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: $200 -
Fractional Executive Launch
4-week program
Position yourself as a "rent-a-CXO" for startups and midsize firms.
Includes application materials, networking scripts, and client contract templates.
Price: $5000
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Board-Ready Accelerator
6-week program
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD.DC) Exam Prep
Includes Director Portfolio (Resume, LinkedIn Profile Update, Cover Letters)
3 mock interviews
Price: $7000
Land Your Dream Job
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Hack the NACD Certification Exam
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Make Retirement Your Encore
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Go Back to Work on Your Terms
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FAQs
I’m not an ex-CEO. Can I really land board work?
Yes! Boards need functional experts (HR, compliance, cybersecurity). We’ll highlight your niche.
What's the difference between a fractional CEO and a consultant?
Consultants suggest strategies, whereas fractional CEOs implement them. These leaders take decisive action, ensure follow-through, and are accountable for business results.
Can you help me get certified with the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)?
Yes, the Board-Ready Accelerator Package is designed to help you understand the tenets of the NACD Directorship Certification, study for the credential test, and develop a director portfolio..
What if I hate networking?
You’re not alone. Networking can feel like begging unless you are offering something—which you are. I teach "stealth outreach," which means I focus on organic, peer-to-peer networking and connections that attract recruiters to you.
Do you offer a guarantee?
No reputable career coach will offer a guarantee. In fact, it is one of the first rules of the International Coaching Federation that professional coaches are not allowed to offer guarantees. If you are unhappy with your results, we will find a solution for you.