2011 – who would have thought that it would have got here QUITE as quickly. And timely – since January 1st 2011 is the date when the boomer generation started retiring. 10,000 a day on average. Though as we have … Happy New Year

Here is a hypothetical question. You are asked to vote for a new chief executive. There are two candidates and they are surprisingly similar. They have near identical educational qualifications, personality traits and values. They seem equally bright. But one … Not Talking About Our Degeneration

Getting Codgers And Kids Working Together Remote teams are not only made up of people from different functions, locations and countries, but generations as well – which may be one of the hardest chasms to span. You know the complaints: … Cross Generation Mentoring

I have happily hosted many a lunch with senior executives from a wide variety of industries and, not surprisingly, the conversation at some stage usually moves to people. Two of the major concerns often expressed revolve around the potentially catastrophic … The Not-So-Hidden Cost of Lost Knowledge

Only 14% of UK managers consider their organisation well-prepared to cope with the demands of an increasingly older workforce, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). In the report, … Workplaces ‘Unprepared’ For Older Workers

The abolition of forced retirement is not only a ‘huge victory’ for workers at risk of being forced out of their jobs because of their age, but is also a ‘landmark’ for the UK society at large, as older workers, the UK economy, … The End Of Forced Retirement

This week the online social networking giant Facebook reached the milestone of 500 million users.  Just who are these people and why are they spending so much time checking into Facebook every day?

More retirees are being targeted by financial fraudsters. Often, these scammers are themselves elderly Annuities. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number … Scams: A Sucker Retires Every Minute

Older executives are shunning corporate training. This is a problem both for them and the firms they work for “LIFELONG learning” is a phrase beloved by business schools. But not, it seems, by their clients. According to a recent survey … Never Too Old To Learn