By Eric Krell
Consultants face two hurdles in retirement: working too little or working too much. "Going from deep involvement and a lot of activity to relaxing and playing golf is really not a good idea, mentally or physically," says Oliver Wyman co-founder Bill Wyman, who retired from his firm in 1995. "I think you need to remain involved and maintain a drive to achieve in order to continue to thrive. … The challenge is how to do the right amount of that."
Wyman's quest for retirement-life balance involves serving as a counselor to CEOs, a director on several corporate and nonprofit boards and leading Wyman Worldwide Health Partners, which has greatly improved the quality of primary care tens of thousands of Rwandans receive in rural parts of the East African country.
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