Reframing Retirement: Finding Purpose in Uncharted Territory
Heading into retirement can be a bit like facing the blank page: it's full of possibility, but maybe also some trepidation and uncertainty about where to head next. How will this next chapter unfold? How will you make it a good one?
Uncharted territory doesn't have to be threatening. You have the opportunity to get a fresh take on your schedule, purpose and identity. Outside of roles, responsibilities, and titles - who are you really? And how would you like to shape your life in this next season?
This Birkman Conversation package will help you pinpoint the areas that will produce most satisfaction and enjoyment for you, and the things you might want to avoid. It will provide you with a roadmap for developing a new routine and pursuits that energise and interest you, and will give you key insights into the things that may produce stress, discomfort or listlessness for you personally.
Invest in your next chapter.
The Birkman Method® Questionnaire & Birkman Signature™️ Report
Online Audio Guide and Digital Reframing Retirement Workbook
1 x 60-minute Conversation with a Birkman-Certified Professional (BCP)
Link to download the recording of your Conversation (for personal use only)
A Reframing Retirement Action Plan and Follow Up Notes from your Coach
Note: We use The Birkman Method psychometric assessment because it is the best-in-class tool for supporting teams and individuals. Find out more →
The Reframing Retirement Package includes:
Your Reframing Retirement Package, and conversation with a Certified Birkman Consultant, will help you to:
Identify the Things that Truly Energise You
Understand the Context That Will Help You Thrive
Redefine Your Identity Outside of Work
Gain Confidence in Deciding What's Next
Live with Personal Purpose & Enjoyment
"It is a brilliant (Rolls Royce) tool with which to really understand yourself at a deeper level – your strengths, motivations and energy patterns. It is especially good in major life-change situations – particularly those where your personality has a major bearing on who you are and what you may wish to do." - Chris Brown, Author of 'From Scary to Fun'
What's the Process?
Once you book and complete payment for a Reframing Retirement Package:
You'll receive an email invitation to complete the Birkman Questionnaire
Once completed, we'll send you your Birkman Signature Report, along with our welcome pack, which includes access to our online audio guide, and a workbook for taking notes on your data and conversation.
Your assigned BCP (Birkman Certified Professional) will also get in touch with you to book a time for your 60-minute Conversation.
During the Conversation, they'll talk you through your data in the context of your current situation and priorities, and answer any questions you might have regarding your Birkman scores.
After your Conversation you'll receive an Action Plan worksheet, notes from your BCP and a link to download the recording of your conversation.
You'll also have the option to book further sessions if you would like to continue working with your Birkman Coach. (At additional cost)
What does it cost?
(Plus local taxes where applicable)
Reframing Retirement
922 USD
FAQs
I thought you worked with Corporate Clients: how come you are doing Retirement?
The simple reality of the Corporate and Individual work we have undertaken over the past 25 years, is that a lot of the clients who first engaged us when they were approaching the pinnacle of their corporate career, came back to talk to us when they were thinking about what comes next. They recognised that the same data which was so insightful as they worked to understand their perspectives and behaviours more accurately, could also help inform how they wanted to spend their time and effort as they entered their "Third Age". So yes, we have always been helping people think about this particular transition.
Please tell me this isn't some crazy 'Cosmo Quiz'?
The Birkman Method® Report which underpins your Birkman.me Reframing Retirement package is about as far away from a magazine "Discover your Personality Type" Quiz as it is possible to get. It was developed from the late '40s until the early '60s by Roger Birkman as the core of his Doctoral Thesis; Dr Birkman was still showing up at the office every day until he was 90 - he was someone who had identified his passion and built a whole life around it. More importantly, the initial 12 years of empirical work he undertook, observing and interviewing thousands of subjects, has been continued and built upon ever since, by a dedicated R&D team of Psychologists and Psychometricians. And because Roger's work was empirical, he was seeking to explain and then predict observable behaviours - not squeeze everyone into a theoretical framework. The result is an instrument that enables people to see themselves more clearly than ever before - and to make good, sustainable decisions about their future life and activities, whether they are seventeen or approaching seventy!
Okay, so it is a workplace instrument: I am trying to leave the workplace behind me!
What makes Birkman so extraordinary - and sometimes, a little hard to 'slot' into a single application - is that it is measuring the most fundamental variables of Perception and Motivation. As a result, it easily switches from an application such as Recruitment Selection - does this person have the behavioural expectations to fit into this team, and the motivational drivers to stick with it? - to explorations of Organisational Culture - what shared expectations are showing up most clearly across this business, and how do they support the organisational Mission? - to, yes, helping a person decide how they want to spend their time after they leave the workplace far behind. Will they still be looking for a context with lots of people interactions, or some peace and quiet; what kinds of activities and 'tasks' are going to keep them energised; and so on. Regardless of context, the big questions about who we are, still apply.
Why does this package only come with a single session, when New Leaders get four?
All our packages have the option of additional sessions; but we are also trying to specify the "minimum viable product" - what is the simplest package which will still deliver great outcomes - for each application. In terms of Reframing Retirement, we believe that a light touch is enough to give most users a huge amount to think about as they consider the future. But if you come out of the first session with new questions that you still feel need answering, let us know; we will tell you if we think those are something we - and the Birkman.me data - can help you with.
Approaching Retirement is making me feel vulnerable: will this make that worse?
Our whole experience over the past 25+ years has involved working with people who are potentially feeling very vulnerable; plenty of times we are called in because there is a problem and no one even knows how to describe it. We're not here to expose vulnerabilities but to reassure and help you make the most of what you have to work with. If you are looking for someone with whom you can share a little of your hopes for the future, and who will take you on a guided journey through some things you may or may not know about yourself, but which are likely to be very relevant in the future - this is going to be a good fit.
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