Are you an HR specialist, manager or owner of a medium or large size company?
Are you concerned about how the prospect of retirement is affecting your employees?
If you answered “yes”, you have come to right place.
Retirement can loom large within the psyches of people who have spent 30 plus years in the workforce.
They worry they will have nothing to do and nowhere to go.
They question whether or not they will remain friends with work colleagues, or will they be forgotten soon after their farewell dinner?
Many are concerned about what others will think when they no longer have a business card and a job title.
They wonder if the world will discard them and render them unimportant when they are asked, “What do you do for a living?” and they respond in a meager and apologetic voice, “I am a retiree”, or worse yet, they resort to using their previous job title. “I use to be a doctor” or “before I retired I was a teacher”.
Your retiring employees have dedicated their careers to your organization.
Wouldn’t it be a great gesture to offer your employees a program that will help them prepare for life after work?
You may think that it is not your responsibility to care for your employees’ emotional wellbeing when they are long gone from your organization.
But let me tell you why IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST to invest in a program that will help your people plan for retirement.
RETIREMENT ANXIETY MAY BE COSTING YOU!
- Retirement can provoke a great deal of anxiety for many of your employees, which will consequently decrease the quality of their work.
- We all know that stress not only affects employees’ emotional wellbeing, but it can actually take a toll on their health. SICK DAYS COST YOU MONEY in lost productivity, absenteeism and health insurance claims.
- Research indicates that people who attend pre-retirement seminars are more prepared for the transition from work to retirement and are happier with their lives once retired, in comparison to their counterparts who do not attend such programs.
Why should this matter to you?
Because such seminars PROMOTE A GOOD PUBLIC IMAGE to prospective employees and customers alike.
And it IMPROVES MORALE amongst your workforce.
And that, my dear friend, is good news for you!
In today’s talent-strapped market place you can distinguish yourself by being an employer of choice.
If the 90s was the decade of the customer, the next 10 years will be the decade of, the “employee”.
Money, my friends, will not differentiate you from your competition. You cannot win the war for talent by offering higher salaries.
Successful companies recognize that their business goals need to be in sync with the personal needs of their employees and that jobs must deliver value beyond pay and benefits packages.
Our seminars and workshops do just that.
Our programs are fun and interactive and people leave feeling that they are better prepared to handle the retirement transition, because they now know what to expect when they leave work.
And YOU have happier and more productive employees who no longer dread retiring.
Our work is hands-on. We use simulations, role playing and specialized techniques that are designed to alleviate the anxiety associated with retirement.
In fact, our participants leave feeling excited about life after work.
We offer a holistic approach to retirement planning and all of our retirement seminars can be customized to meet the needs of your organization.
I invite you to give us a call at 514-369-3855 or toll free at 1-866-811-1967 or drop us a line via email at gill@directionsrc.com. I would be more than happy to answer any and all your questions.
Until then,
To your retirement success!
Gillian Leithman, Msc
President
