What is the Changing Gears program? In a nutshell Changing Gears is about celebrating our ageing workforce, transitioning them from full-time work with dignity and assisting their employer organisations with that process. It has evolved over several years and we work across the country and across all sectors. We've had around 7000 mature-age employees [...]
When conflict arises in almost any situation, people immediately head to their corners and start to build the fortifications. Then when the conflict escalates they come out metaphorically swinging. If the conflict is around malicious intent then there is some argument to support this approach. Facts are that most of the conflicts we see are [...]
At Career Life Transitions we are constantly in conversation with people searching for work and people searching for people who want work. Of late there are a number of interesting trends we’ve noticed and one is the change in the nature of the working structure. Baby boomers are now moving into retirement and while they [...]
For many years now I have used the Change Model mostly attributed to Dannemiller (but actually originally developed by David Gleicher) for wholesale change in an organisation. It looks like this: It’s a fantastic model to build your change communications plan from and has served me very well as a reminder of what to [...]
Organisations are currently gripped in a whirlpool of change and chaos, for some organisations its entirely not of their own doing and almost out of their control, but for others they see the need to make a tough call, deliver hard decisions and drive for change. Either way, what your leadership team does will determine [...]
Do you feel dominated or dominating in your interpersonal relationship. It all has to do with owning the space between you and others. What's the secret to finding equilibrium?j I have been training and teaching martial arts for over 40 years and one of the key fundamental strategic concepts I speak to my students about [...]
We're fast approaching the end of the year, and the beginning of 2018. New Years resolutions are prevalent, along with hopes of a successful and prosperous year ahead. People often contemplate if they really are happy in their current career, and whether a change of career could equal more fulfillment, where the grass is greener [...]
During a recent presentation to a large group of HR professionals, 4 questions were posed around the topic of career progression, direction and the stability (or instability) in the current economic climate. The results are quite interesting, and in some ways surprising, and highlights the impact a constantly fluctuating and volatile state of current business [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: