Australia is in the middle of a demographic shift that is far more profound than it first appears. By 2029, every baby boomer will have reached retirement age. On paper, that sounds like a neat milestone. In reality, it marks the beginning of a much more complex chapter for individuals, employers and the broader economy. [...]
Most people approach retirement as a financial milestone. The number matters. The plan matters. The super matters. What often gets left out is the harder question: Who am I when my work role is no longer doing the heavy lifting for me? This is where retirement can quietly unravel — not because people lack freedom, [...]
Across many organisations, a quiet shift happens as employees move through their late-50s and into their 60s. They care less about titles. They’re less interested in competing. They’re more interested in giving something back. They want to share what they know, support younger colleagues, contribute to culture, and feel useful beyond KPIs. In psychology, this [...]
As people near the end of their careers, many imagine retirement as the golden reward — a time of freedom, leisure, and personal choice. But for a surprising number of retirees, something unexpected and unsettling creeps in: a lingering sense of being left behind, overlooked, or no longer needed. This feeling has a name — [...]
Career Life Transitions offers a range of interventions to support your organisation. Below are four key areas in which we are assisting organisations develop their people, engage their people and to demonstrate their company values. The 4 case studies highlight the capability and capacity for career life transitions to support your organisation. Case Study [...]
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” Viktor Frankl Viktor Frankl wrote this after enduring extreme circumstances, but the key to the quote, I believe, is that having meaning and purpose leads to a better life. With medical advances and healthier lifestyles, our lifespans are ever [...]
The answers might surprise you; many may be intending to leave sooner than you think, or that you are planning or prepared for. People are looking at world affairs and starting to think ‘now might be the time to scale down and move into the next stage of my life after work. Are you [...]
Career Life Transitions Changing Gears workshops are really gathering momentum in WA, we have now put hundreds of people through the program and I’m being asked ‘what are the benefits to the employees and the business?’ From our every growing experience, we are finding some real trends: 1. People don't really understand Super, [...]
According to Wikipedia, “a wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.” When we look at the challenge of the ageing workforce, there are a number of factors that immediately come into play, these factors are intertwined [...]
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 [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: