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If we were to summarise our learnings from the past 6 months of delivering our Purpose Workshops with hundreds of people, most of whom being within 10 years of their intended "retirement" date, the following 4 points stand head and shoulders above the rest:
1. We are not alone in our thinking. After only a few short minutes reflecting on our purpose together do we realise that we have so much more in common than we thought.
2. Sharing our stories and opening up to each other is so liberating, empowering, enabling and inspiring.
3. The majority of all the obstacles that prevent us from achieving our full potential are put in our way by our own selves, 80% of which are actually movable.
4. Anxiety and a lack of confidence (even if we're successful in hiding it) are burdens and barriers shared by so many of us.
Most of the webinars, courses, talks and prescribed reading that are the more prevalent solutions offered to older workers by their employers fail to address these fundamental issues in the workplace. The biggest and most fundamental missing element tends to be the opportunity for human connection - for informal meetings, conversations, and relationships to develop - for storytelling and serendipity - and for this all to take place in a safe and supportive environment.
We are excited to see these positive benefits develop so rapidly within our Purpose Workshops, and we look forward to helping our clients build powerful foundations, not only for transforming workforce culture, but for replacing the outdated construct of retirement with a new normal that better reflects the modern demands of people who are now living and working longer, healthier and more productively than ever before.
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