Beyond Work

Like most career-focused people Dr. Bill Roiter had notreally thought much about retirement until something happened: manyof his clients began to ask him his ideas on the subject. Over thepast 30 years Bill, a psychologist, has used his knowledge of humanbehavior to consult to organizations and to coach their executives.Many of the people Bill has known and worked with over the yearsare retiring or are contemplating it. Many have asked Bill whatthey should know and think about as they move beyond theirwork-focused lives. Then four years ago Bill's wife retiredfrom her corporate job and focused Bill's attention on thepersonal, as well as the professional, aspects of this dynamic partof life. This book is the result of Bill's work with theseaccomplished people.
Bill maintains his own executive coaching practice in the Bostonarea. In 2004, he coauthored a book with Margaret Butteriss thatidentified and described Corporate MVPs (Wiley, 2004). Hehas also owned and sold two businesses, been a vice president forsales and marketing of a publicly traded company, and helped founda venture capital-backed electronic communications company. For thepast 12 years Bill has focused his work on coaching executives asthey transition to their next challenge.
Bill's professional training includes a bachelor's, master's anddoctoral degree from Boston University and post-doctoral trainingand teaching at Harvard University. Bill also teaches executivecoaching to professionals looking to develop this expertise.