Many organisations are good at managing the departure of older workers via redundancy, but far fewer are good at managing what happens to these valued employees afterwards. For many experienced employees, leaving a long-term role is not simply a job change. It can trigger a profound shift in identity, confidence, routine and purpose. This is particularly for people in their 50s and 60s who may still have 20+ productive working years ahead. Increasingly, I’m working with s

Later-career transition is becoming one of the big societal challenges of our time, but we’re still treating it as if it were a problem that should be solved at the individual level. I recently hosted a discussion with a group of men in their 50s and early 60s talking about career transition. These were highly experienced professionals — from finance, technology, consulting etc - people with decades of expertise behind them. The conversation covered familiar territory: CVs, n

Why You Need To Dip Your Toe In The Water One of the biggest myths about mid-career change is the belief that clarity must come first—that you need a neatly defined destination before you’re able to move. In reality, it’s the opposite, clarity is not a pre-requisite for action. Clarity is a result of action. This matters especially for people in their 50s and 60s who are feeling the uncomfortable weight of identity shock—the moment when the story you’ve lived no longer fits t