1. What are pre-retirement seminars?
2. Who should attend a pre-retirement seminar?
3. As an employer, why should I invest in pre-retirement education for my employees?
4. What is Bill 90?
5. What if my employer does not offer retirement seminars… are your programs open to the public?
6. I thought retirement planning only involved financial planning?
7. What topics do you cover in your seminars?
8. What if my company does not want to invest in pre-retirement education and I have a few friends who want to prepare for life after work?
9. Do you do one on one retirement coaching?
10. What if I am currently retired, can a pre-retirement seminar help me?
11. I recently retired and I am driving my spouse crazy, can you help?
12. I am planning to retire in the near future and I have no idea what I am going to do with my time. Can you help?
13. What if I don’t live close to a city in which you are offering a retirement seminar?
1. What are pre-retirement seminars?
Pre-retirement education programs are designed to help people prepare for their emotional well being in retirement. The objectives of the seminars are to help people come to terms with leaving behind the world of work and entering a new life phase filled with great possibility. For a complete and detailed list of our seminar topics check out our catalogue at http://www.directionsrc.com/seminars.html.
Topics include:
- • Life without work
- • Life with my spouse
- • How will I spend my time?
- • How will money influence my retirement life style?
- • How will I make new friends?
- • How do I tap into my creativity?
Help retiring employees prepare for life after work...
There has never been a better time in the history of the world to be retired.
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2. Who should attend a pre-retirement seminar?
Pre-retirement seminars are designed for people who are ten years away, or less, from retirement. However, often the newly retired do attend our seminars in order to gain greater clarity on how best to navigate the retirement transition.
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3. As an employer, why should I invest in pre-retirement education for my employees?
Often, employees who are nearing retirement are rather stressed and anxious. Retirement can loom large within the psyches of people who have spent 30 plus years in the workforce.
You may think that it is not your responsibility to care for your employees’ emotional well being when they are long gone from your organization.
But let me give you 4 great reasons WHY IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST to invest in a program that will help your people plan for retirement.
ONE: The mere thought of retirement can provoke a great deal of anxiety for many of your employees, which, consequently, affects the quality of their work.
TWO: We all know that stress not only affects employees’ emotional well being but also, it can actually take a toll on their health. SICK DAYS COST YOU MONEY in lost productivity, absenteeism and health insurance claims.
THREE: Countless research findings indicate that people who attend pre-retirement seminars are more prepared for the transition from work to retirement and are happier with their lives in retirement than are their counterparts who do not attend such programs.
FOUR: Investing in pre-retirement seminars PROMOTES A GOOD PUBLIC IMAGE to others and it IMPROVES MORALE amongst your workforce.
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4. What is Bill 90?
The Act to Foster the Development of Manpower Training, the law of 1%, is designed to improve the qualifications, skills and performance of workers in Quebec through continuing education.
This law mandates that any Quebec employer with a payroll in excess of $1,000,000 has the obligation to invest the equivalent of 1% of their annual payroll in training.
If the training investment does not meet that requirement the difference will be remitted to the government who then deposits that sum in a National Training Fund (FNFMO).
Our facilitators are certified under bill 90 which means that our fees can be applied to the 1% requirement.
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5. What if my employer does not offer retirement seminars… are your programs open to the public?
Directions does offer seminars and workshops that are open to the public. Be sure to check out our upcoming seminars at www.directionsrc.com/upcoming_retirement_seminars.html
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6. I thought retirement planning only involved financial planning?
Adjusting to life after work requires a lot more planning than figuring out how much money you are going to need to fund your desired retirement lifestyle. This transition also demands that you address how you are going to spend your time in retirement.
- What are you planning to do with your life once you leave work?
- You will now have an extra 50 hours a week of free time on your hands…have you thought about how you are going to spend it?
- Have you thought about how retirement will affect your relationship with your significant other?
You see, YOUR retirement is not going to be your parents’ retirement because we are living longer and healthier lives.
In fact, you may even spend more time in retirement than you actually spent working.
John Dewey, the great American philosopher, really captured the essence of the retirement transition when he stated, "The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important."
In North America, we satisfy this very urge by identifying with our work roles. For many of us, we are what we do and we do not know how define ourselves in any other way other than the title on our business cards.
Retirement can therefore be a huge SHOCK to your system.
If you plan ahead you will be in a better position to create a dynamic and rewarding retirement.
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7. What topics do you cover in your seminars?
We have different seminars that cover a wide variety of topics. To see a complete list click here: http://www.directionrs.com/seminars.html
Our most popular corporate seminar called, The Ultimate in Reciprocity, www.directionsrc.com/retiring_employees.html, is for retiring employees and will ensure that your employees have a successful transition from work to retirement.
We have a seminar specifically designed for men called, From Boardroom to Ballroom, www.directionsrc.com/men_and_retirement.html that deals with the issues men face in retirement and a seminar for women called primetime women, www.directionsrc.com/women_and_aging.html, which focuses on the issues that women face in the prime of their lives.
We also offer a seminar for couples called, I Married You for Better or Worse but Not for Lunch, www.directionsrc.com/retiremet_and_marriage.html which helps couples adjust to the retirement transition. This seminar is designed to prepare couples for what can at times be a tumultuous period, while each person deals with their very own issues as well as those of their partner.
One of the most requested seminars called The Art of Retirement www.directionsrc.com/retirement _transition.html, encompasses a multitude of issues associated with the retirement transition. Topics include the following.
- Preparation is key!
- Why your retirement is not your parents’ retirement
- Retirement and marriage
- The promotion of optimal health: revitalize your life
- Building a social network
- The recipe for a happy retirement
- Second careers: a working retirement
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8. What if my company does not want to invest in
pre-retirement education and I have a few friends who want to prepare for life after work?
If your employer does not sponsor pre-retirement education programs, do not fret!
You can gather a group of friends and we will adapt our seminar materials to an informal and intimate gathering in a place of your choosing. We often conduct round table discussions called Candid Conversations and you get to invite who is coming. Candid Conversations is composed of 4 or 6 of your friends and takes place in the comfort of your own home. We will explore subjects that are interesting, fun and thought provoking!
This conversation is guaranteed to leave you with some new insights about yourself, your friends and your life!
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9. Do you do one on one retirement coaching?
Yes. Should you decide that you would like to explore the issues surrounding this next chapter in your life in greater detail, we can provide just what you need.
Together, you and your certified retirement coach will create a roadmap that will ensure a smooth transition from work to retirement and help you get excited about this next chapter in your life!
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10. What if I am currently retired, can a pre-retirement seminar help me?
Certainly! A pre-retirement seminar will help you gain greater clarity about how you want to pursue this next chapter of your life and what options are available to you.
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11. I recently retired and I am driving my spouse crazy, can you help?
Yes we can! Directions offers a seminar called, I married you for better or for worse but not for lunch, www.directionsrc.com/retirement_and _marriage.html, which is designed to teach couples what to expect about the retirement transition, and how to adjust to retirement living together.
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12. I am planning to retire in the near future and I have no idea what I am going to do with my time. Can you help?
Yes we can help. In fact we specialize in just that- helping you plan for this next stage of life and how best to replace the benefits that you derived from work. Through a series of exercises and group discussions, you will explore and determine how you want to spend your time in retirement and together we will design a dynamic and creative retirement that will get you excited!
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13. What if I don’t live close to a city in which you are offering a retirement seminar?
Not to worry. We can also help you plan for retirement! Just sign up for one of our teleseminars at http://directionsrc.com/test/upcoming_retirement_seminars.html. You can join in from the comfort of your very own home. All you need is a telephone line. You will join us in our virtual conference room with people from all around the globe. So get a nice cup of coffee or tea, dial in and together we will plan for what’s next!
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If you have any questions that we have not addressed, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@directionsrc.com or call us at 514-824-1967 or on our toll free line at 1-866-811-3055.
