When you decide to “lean out” or you are forced to do so, a lot of identity-shedding happens suddenly.

You rocked your career. You embraced the mission and advanced the vision of your employer … not to mention that you made money for them...

It just happened! They called you in and had “the talk.” Or maybe, you called them in and initiated “the talk.”

I’d worked about 25 years in the advertising industry (which is about the equivalent of 50 in dog years). The industry had stopped being...

A few years ago, I got the news. My job, along with others in my area, was being eliminated. I had been on the inside of countless reorganiz