The Risks of Being a Corporate Executive at 50

At 50, your level of security in the corporate world should be rock solid. You’ve paid your dues, proven yourself, become a leader and an independent thinker.

Yes, you’re a real asset. And that makes it all the more unnerving when that sense of security turns out to be not-so-rock-solid after all.

In my decade of experience as a franchise consultant, a week has rarely gone by that I haven’t spoken with a 50ish candidate who’s had a well-planned financial future shaken by being downsized, laid off, or forced into early…