Career shapes, and leadership

I've been involved in several conversations recently about the shape of careers, and how there is still a lot of work to be done to move beyond the traditional male model of a continuously ascending line, peaking probably around 50 and then sliding downwards.  Of course this doesn't accurately represent millions of men's working lives, but it's still the model that dominates our thinking, consciously or not.  It sidelines all those whose careers might be moving up a grade or three later in life. The most recent conversation was at ShareAction, which does excellent applied work influencing corporate behaviour across a range of issues - most prominently on environmental issues,…
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