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The Anatomy of high-status transition

Observation 1

The Safety Net Delusion

Research on Role Exit Theory reveals that 80% of post-exit ideas, the board roles, the new funds, the sudden philanthropic pivots, are actually "safety nets". They are reflexive attempts to recreate your old corporate status in a new setting rather than building an authentic next chapter. If you don't know who you are without the title, the next chapter will inevitably feel hollow.

Observation 2

The Adrenaline Detox

For decades, your worth has been equated with constant busyness and high-stakes decision making. After the exit, the sudden "empty calendar" often triggers a reactive, "prove I’m fine" mode. This is a clinical detox phase. Without a structured way to unlearn these corporate patterns, most leaders default back into "overdrive," sacrificing their health and family for a game they already won.

Observation 3

The Scale Fallacy

A significant blind spot for exited leaders is the belief that their next chapter must be as large as their last one to be significant. This is a limiting belief. Data on late-career satisfaction indicates that "Generative Success", sharing wisdom and mentoring the next generation, provides more lasting meaning than continued empire building.

The Restoration of Self Authority

Most leaders attempt to author their next chapter using an outdated version of themselves: outcomes focused, performance driven, and sacrificing everything. Your next act does not have to be as large as your last one in order to be significant. For many, the ideas of what they could do next are endless but when it comes to execution the feeling of paralysis is overwhelming.

I have stood exactly where you are: exited a decades long career only to realize the identity that built the business was the same identity holding me back from building what was next. This is a clinical reality known as identity foreclosure, where self worth remains intertwined with a title that no longer exists.

This is not a formulaic framework or tactical toolkit. This isn't a one-size-fits-all approach with shallow strategies. This is a close strategic alliance for self-authority.

My approach is one-on-one structured mentorship focused on unlearning corporate patterns and reclaiming your identity. We redefine success so the legacy you build next transforms your decades of expertise into a legacy of significance.

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The Manual for when success stops feeling like success

In Whose Ladder Is This?, former global executive and creative strategist Kevin Simcock shares a raw, honest account of what happens when achievement no longer aligns with identity.

Part memoir, part guidebook, this is not a story of burnout or breakdown. It’s a story of awakening. Through vulnerable storytelling, insight-rich reflection, and hard-won clarity, Kevin walks you through the messy but necessary process of letting go of who you thought you had to be, so you can step into the version of yourself that was waiting all along.