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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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The Second Act: 5 Tips for Finding Your Career's Next Phase
The article offers five tips for navigating a career's next phase after leaving a defining role, drawing on insights from Babson professor Danna Greenberg and the example of Jimmy Carter's productive post-presidency. Key advice includes staying patient with identity shifts, continually exploring passions, and building toward a meaningful and rewarding second act.
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Summary
The article offers five tips for navigating a career's next phase after leaving a defining role, drawing on insights from Babson professor Danna Greenberg and the example of Jimmy Carter's productive post-presidency. Key advice includes staying patient with identity shifts, continually exploring passions, and building toward a meaningful and rewarding second act.
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career-reinvention · second-act · career-transitions · identity · entrepreneurship · leadership · babson
Key entities
John Crawford (person, 0.95) · Danna Greenberg (person, 0.98) · Jimmy Carter (person, 0.97) · Babson College (organization, 0.97) · second act (concept, 0.95) · career transition (concept, 0.9) · identity (concept, 0.85) · Nobel Peace Prize 2002 (event, 0.8)
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claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 27 Jul 2026