David Norris began his banking career in 1981. For the next 25 years, he helped his bank grow from a two-location company with $20 million in total assets to a bank with 35 locations in 24 communities and nearly $3 billion in total assets. It is now the 18th largest bank in Texas.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career, I spoke with Tony Saccardi. Tony worked at Fintech for more than 25 years as a consultant and technical director. For years, he loved his job. However, when he began falling into the trap of chronic stress, he knew he needed a change.

Curt Burnett was the Enterprise Manager of Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering at John Deere for several years until he retired in November of 2016. Before retiring, however, he took up a special assignment as a Loan Executive. He spent three years starting the Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub. This opened many Encore Career doors for him.

Marc Miller literally wrote the book on Encore Careers. That book is called Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life.

Amy Nelson has been a coach for several years as well as a colleague and great friend of mine. We both enjoy working with local entrepreneurs to help them get started and grow their businesses.

Cory Peppler is a teacher, friend, and colleague. He has also had a great experience getting started in his Encore Career, something he did before even leaving his existing career. On Creating Your Encore Career, Cory and I discussed this journey. He learned great insights from starting his side business and has amazing tips and tricks for those of us wanting to do the same.

If you want to get good at marketing, you must get to know your customer. Understanding who your ideal clients are, what they enjoy, what they do on a daily basis, and what their pain points are is the only way to attract them.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career, I got to talk with Jodie Vee. Jodie has been a friend and colleague of mine for several years. She is also a nutrition, wellness, and business coach.

As I’ve talked about before, some of the key “perspectives” you need to adopt in an Encore Career are growth mindset, own your expertise, be an apprentice, develop your value proposition, and balance your human skills with your technical expertise.

Geoff Kullman is a direct response copywriter and brand strategist. He helps personal brand businesses build deep connections with their audience and launch significant digital businesses.

The pandemic has created a unique set of circumstances inviting us each to examine how we’ve been living our lives.​ As we each attempt to strike a healthier balance between work and home, between our many responsibilities and cultivating our own mental and physical wellbeing, emotional intelligence may be the very thing we need.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career, I talked with Chelsea Brinkley. I have known and admired Chelsea for several years now and she is a very smart and amazing person. Every day, she helps entrepreneurs and freelancers create efficient businesses so they can create the life they desire on their own terms.

A huge part of future proofing your career is being able to invest in yourself and reinvent yourself at this time when everything is rapidly changing in our world. Although this holds true for anybody in today's world, this is especially true for silver entrepreneurs.

The Baby Boomer total of the population is around 73 million and about 20 million are actively participating in the workforce. Now, there are five conversations you need to have when beginning your encore career.

I started my podcast to help manufacturing leaders. My goal was to help them create a compelling future for themselves, their teams and organization. And so, I focused on leadership skills, organizational skills, learning, development and technology. While these are still issues, what I found is that the #1 issue is talent and workforce.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career I talked with Rick Davis. Rick is a good friend, teacher, and self-proclaimed presentation specialist/playful otter. He helps people become engaging presenters who are prepped and ready for any occasion. Rick works with speakers, coaches, executives, sales professionals, and anyone with a desire to perform better whenever they are speaking in public or at private functions.

I’ve known and worked with Jonathan Milligan for several years. He has been a huge influence in the shaping of my Encore Career. I’ve relied on his knowledge and wisdom time and time again.

Remote workers are usually presented with just two options: work from home or work from a coffee shop. Sometimes they get tired of being in their house all the time and they need to get out. However, they also crave a more professional environment than a coffee shop.

Customer discovery is a well-known topic for entrepreneurs. As The Startup Owner’s Manual says, “The number one goal of customer discovery {is} turning the founders’ initial hypothesis about their market and customers into facts.”