Nurturing Purpose Beyond the Self in Older Adults

This article was written by Anne Colby and Jim Emerman. The Pathways to Encore Purpose (PEP) project is a collaboration between the Stanford Graduate School of Education and Encore.org. The project began with a nationally representative survey of nearly 1,200 adults,...

Announcing the Encore Prize

The Encore Prize, offering $100,000 in cash prizes, coaching and a year of ongoing support, is looking for the next generation of programs and products that bring the talent of 50+ adults to social problems. Our first challenge: To help kids at risk. The first Encore...

Stanford Research Shows Widespread Desire for Encore Purpose

Large numbers of older adults rank life goals focused on “purpose beyond the self” very high on their personal priorities and are actively taking steps to realize these goals, according to early findings by researchers led by William Damon and Anne Colby at the...

At 65, I Still Want to Have it All!

You CAN have it all, Executive VP Jim Emerman tells Next Avenue — but not without planning, effort and a supportive professional culture. Read more here about why work-life balance matters for all generations. Published: September 29, 2015  ...

Working Longer — for More than a Paycheck

Work is more than what people do to make ends meet. New research shows that work is central to personal identity, and that passion and purpose help explain why people in the traditional retirement years often choose to continue to work.  Read the full article on Next...