CHAPTER 8LATTICE AROUND MIDCAREER AND MIDLIFE CHALLENGES

What is Melissa Randall, a family studies major and licensed clinical social worker, doing at Rothstein Kass, a large accounting firm that specializes in serving high-stakes financial services clients?

Managing its LIFE program, that’s what … and serving as her own best case study for midcareer professionals who wonder how they can recalibrate their career paths to make more of their core strengths.1

As the program manager for the Office of LIFE (the Rothstein Kass women’s initiative; LIFE stands for Leadership, Inspiration, Family, and Empowerment), Randall wins leadership support for programs that advance women and foster a work-life blend—both of which are pressing topics in the accounting ...

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