The Moments That Matter Most Deserve Our Very Best.
Leadership transitions shape lives, relationships, and organizations. We believe the people experiencing them deserve extraordinary care, judgment, and commitment.
Care.
Really Care.
Show You Care.
These six words are more than a statement of good intentions. They're a philosophy we live by.
It’s one thing to care. It’s another to act on that caring.
To recognize when someone is struggling, even when they don’t say so. To see what’s possible for someone whose vision is narrow and whose spirit feels discouraged. To jump in when the convenient choice would be to hope someone else notices and helps. And to bring everything you have to help them succeed.
That belief shapes how we operate as a company and how we approach our work.
We know that even the most accomplished leaders can find themselves at a crossroads, facing questions and uncertainties that professional success hasn’t prepared them to answer. They deserve better than gentle encouragement or well-intended farewells. They deserve support from a team that understands the significance of the moment, with the experience, tools, and connections to help, and who are committed to seeing them realize their goals.
That’s why we take our responsibility so seriously. We bring together the wisdom of advisors who have walked in their shoes, armed with a disciplined approach grounded in behavioral science. We anticipate what others might overlook, address what others might avoid, and do the work necessary to help each person move forward.
Not because we promised to deliver a service. But because someone has placed their trust in us–and that matters.
It Started with a Leader Who Didn't Have a Plan for His Post-Corporate Season
In 2008, Dr. Leslie Braksick attended the retirement celebration of a C-suite executive she had coached and supported for years. Steve enjoyed an incredibly successful 40+ year career at a Fortune 10 company, earning the respect of his colleagues and industry, and reaching the highest levels of leadership, including serving on the company’s board of directors.
Following the retirement luncheon, Steve took Leslie aside and confided in her: he was deeply stressed by not having a plan for what he was going to do next, losing his identity, and knowing how he would spend his time.
Like most accomplished executives, Steve devoted his life to work. He gave up his hobbies, traded quality time with family for international business trips that required his leadership and presence, and never spent a moment thinking about what life might look like after retirement. Without the structure of his role and connection to the company, he struggled to find a sense of purpose and belonging his career had long provided.
A year later, Steve died unexpectedly with no pre-existing health issues. His wife later described how utterly lost he felt after retirement.
The experience rocked Leslie. She had spent her career coaching the Steves of the world and helping organizations develop their senior-most leaders. She began hearing similar concerns from other senior leaders she had supported. There was no firm to send them to… no one she could say… “they will get why this is so hard for you… and they can help.”
She knew these leaders deserved better. She committed to doing something about it.
She spent a year interviewing over 100 retired executives, listening to their stories, understanding their needs, and building a methodology to address them—and a business plan to serve this population and meet this growing need.
Shortly thereafter, Leslie approached Mark Linsz, who was retiring after 27 years at Bank of America, where he held several senior leadership positions. Mark had witnessed the same challenges from inside the executive suite. He had seen talented leaders struggle to leave roles that had defined them for decades, often creating difficulties for themselves, their successors, and their organizations.
Together, they founded MyNextSeason in 2014 with a simple conviction: leaders deserve to finish well, leave well, and find purpose in what comes next, and doing this well creates a competitive succession advantage for the companies.
What began as a commitment to helping executives navigate departures soon revealed a broader need. Clients saw the difference MyNextSeason’s Advisors made and began asking whether they could bring that same experience and judgment to other important leadership moments, particularly challenging successions and promotions into larger roles.
The company grew in response, guided by the same conviction that inspired its founding: consequential leadership transitions deserve thoughtful, experienced support.
The Possibilities
A Career May End. A Life of Contribution Doesn't.
Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of working with extraordinary people who have discovered that leaving an executive role can open possibilities they never imagined.
Some pursue board service, launch businesses, teach, or devote their talents to causes they care about. Others discover the rewards of spending more time with family, improving their health, or simply enjoying life at a different pace.
There’s no single definition of a fulfilling next season. And that’s the point.
We believe the experience, wisdom, and talents people accumulate over a lifetime don’t lose their value when a job title changes. Often, they’re just waiting to be used in a different way.
Our Retirement Redefined stories celebrate executives discovering what that means for them.
The People Behind Our Purpose
MyNextSeason brings together people who understand the responsibilities, complexities, and personal dimensions of executive leadership.
Our founders combine decades of experience in behavioral science, organizational leadership, and executive development. Together with our leadership team, they have built a company grounded in personal relationships, practical wisdom, and a shared commitment to helping people succeed.
Our Founders
Our Team
Our Advisors
Our Advisors bring something especially valuable to MyNextSeason: firsthand experience.
They’ve led organizations, made difficult decisions, developed successors, and experienced significant transitions themselves. That shared experience, combined with a rigorous process and genuine personal commitment, builds relationships grounded in trust, credibility, and practical guidance.
Every Leadership Journey Matters.
For more than a decade, we’ve helped organizations and their executives approach consequential transitions with greater confidence, clarity, and care.
The circumstances may differ. The people certainly do. But our commitment remains the same: to help leaders finish well, prepare for what comes next, and ensure the organizations they’ve served are positioned for continued success.