The news is in, and like red wine and cheese, innovation and women leaders get better with age!
Does Success Come with Age?
In a youth obsessed culture the advancements of people over the age of 40 are seldom recognized, much less celebrated. However, one researcher recently found that a lifetime of learning leads people to make greater breakthroughs between ages 55-65. Data from the Kauffmann Foundation backs that up: people over 55 are almost twice as likely to found successful companies as people between 20 and 34.
Advancements of Older Women
It’s even rarer to hear of the advancements made by older women. So we were delighted to learn about Forty Over 40. It’s an initiative that celebrates women who are reinventing, disrupting and making an impact in a variety of industries including the arts, law, retail, health care, and tech.
Read these fantastic interviews with seven of the women honored this year; each with a leadership style that proves mid-life means anything but the down side of over-the-hill at Fast Company.