The Bonus Years (Reinventing Our Longer Work Lives)
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Product Details
Author:
Herminia Ibarra
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Simon Element / Simon Acumen (January 12, 2027)
Imprint:
Simon Element / Simon Acumen
Release Date:
January 12, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781668087244
ISBN-10:
1668087243
Weight:
16.96oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 0.745"
File:
Eloquence-SimonSchuster_06172026_P10219611_onix30-20260617.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$29.00
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
20
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$22.33
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
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A
Overview
What if the most important chapter of your working life is the one that begins after fifty? The world’s leading expert on career transitions, Herminia Ibarra, shows you how.
For the first time in history, millions of people are entering midlife with decades of vitality, experience, and ambition still ahead of them. Yet the old career script—work hard, peak, retire—no longer fits. We are living longer, working longer, and facing a new challenge: how to reinvent ourselves when the path forward is unwritten.
In The Bonus Years, renowned leadership expert Herminia Ibarra reveals how to turn this longevity windfall into an opportunity for growth, purpose, and renewed impact. Drawing on decades of pioneering research, a landmark longitudinal study of professionals reinventing themselves after fifty, and compelling stories from around the world, she introduces the essential skill for thriving in a longer life: transition mastery.
Whether you are contemplating a career pivot, recovering from a setback, selling a business, pursuing a passion, or simply asking, What’s next?, Ibarra offers a practical roadmap for navigating endings, uncertainty, and new beginnings. Along the way, she introduces four reinvention archetypes—Hunters, Explorers, Architects, and Boiling Frogs—and shows how to harness networks, experiment with new possibilities, overcome inertia, and build a future that reflects who you are becoming, not just who you have been.
Wise, research-driven, and deeply inspiring, The Bonus Years reframes career longevity not as a slow downward decline, but as a rare chance to do your most meaningful work, create a life of continued growth, and flourish in the years ahead.
For the first time in history, millions of people are entering midlife with decades of vitality, experience, and ambition still ahead of them. Yet the old career script—work hard, peak, retire—no longer fits. We are living longer, working longer, and facing a new challenge: how to reinvent ourselves when the path forward is unwritten.
In The Bonus Years, renowned leadership expert Herminia Ibarra reveals how to turn this longevity windfall into an opportunity for growth, purpose, and renewed impact. Drawing on decades of pioneering research, a landmark longitudinal study of professionals reinventing themselves after fifty, and compelling stories from around the world, she introduces the essential skill for thriving in a longer life: transition mastery.
Whether you are contemplating a career pivot, recovering from a setback, selling a business, pursuing a passion, or simply asking, What’s next?, Ibarra offers a practical roadmap for navigating endings, uncertainty, and new beginnings. Along the way, she introduces four reinvention archetypes—Hunters, Explorers, Architects, and Boiling Frogs—and shows how to harness networks, experiment with new possibilities, overcome inertia, and build a future that reflects who you are becoming, not just who you have been.
Wise, research-driven, and deeply inspiring, The Bonus Years reframes career longevity not as a slow downward decline, but as a rare chance to do your most meaningful work, create a life of continued growth, and flourish in the years ahead.









