We have released the Ageing Workforce Review Tool.

This is an online tool that will allow you to assess your workplace for age friendliness.
Answer 18 questions across 6 fields and receive a customised 15 page report packed full of information, recommendations and resources. It is available free of charge. Click here

Geoff is an experienced speaker and thought leader in the field of age and work.

As a conference speaker he is at home talking audiences about his own transition from “secure” employment to senior entrepreneurship. Equally he can talk about the risks and opportunities from the ageing of the population and workforce. His message resonates with audiences many of whom are also contemplating the next stage in their lives.

Geoff brings the subject of ageing workforces and population ageing alive through a mix of well researched insight and anecdotes acquired from having worked with many organisations and mature aged people navigating their lives beyond fifty.
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Free After Five Seminar
Wednesday 15 June 5.00 - 6.00
Doing it Differently - life and work after 50
Geoff will be introducing a number of the themes explored in his recently released book.
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This article from the May Edition

More Nonsense
You've probably heard something along the lines of how people change careers between five and seven times in their lifetime. In reality, no-one knows how often we change careers because those data aren't tracked. What we do have is good data about how often people change jobs, but there is little agreement about what constitutes a  real career change. As a result, the five-to-seven career notion is about as implausible as the idea you can sort workers by the cohort of their birth. As Jeremy Bentham said 'nonsense on stilts'.

I continue to have people tell me that older workers are keeping young people out of jobs. This is one of those myths that continues to influence how people think about mature aged employees.

There is plenty of evidence to the contrary. First surfacing in 1891 the discredited lump of labour theory re-emerges from time to time.

The last time was when women re-entered the workforce. Guess who complained that they would be taking their jobs? Did they?

There is good evidence that having mature aged people active and productive actually benefits all age groups and spurs the creation of more jobs and contributes to greater innovation.