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In this episode, John Neral and Rich Lucey discuss redefining retirement as a leadership decision and creating a meaningful next chapter in one's career.

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you stop seeing retirement as an escape plan and start treating it like a leadership decision? In this episode of The Mid-Career GPS Podcast, I sit down with my friend Rich Lucey to talk about retirement planning, professional identity, consulting, networking as an introvert, and what it really means to create a purposeful next chapter after mid-career. Rich spent more than two decades leading alcohol and drug misuse prevention efforts across state and f...

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Host: John Neral

Guest: Rich Lucey

Topics covered

• retirement planning
• professional identity
• consulting
• networking
• purposeful next chapter

Keywords

• retirement
• career planning
• networking
• consulting
• professional identity

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