There is nothing novel for most of us in making a career transition. We know how it feels to move from a new beginning to steady mastery to the urge to move on. We’ve worked through that cycle across our entire careers. Both the anxiety and the exhilaration are familiar.
But things are different now, too. We’re older and wiser—and we have new choices, options beyond anything earlier generations might have imagined. As we approach the traditional retirement age we have the time and the opportunity to reassess our goals and readjust our portfolio of work, to design and build a new way of working that fits both our retirement desires and our personal and financial needs.
The Guide to Working Differently is meant to give our clients a step-by-step map of that process. Written by company founder Anne Hartman, it will help them design a personalized portfolio of work options that works with what they want for the rest of your life. Whether they work part or full time, for pay or as a volunteer, on their own or with colleagues, The Guide shows the way.
The Guide starts by looking back at career history. Where were the successes? Where were the greatest frustrations? The readers will look inward, at the values, motivations, and interests that drive them today. They’ll calculate the balance between tolerance for risk and enthusiasm for change. Then they’ll look forward, imagining the possible future they could build for themselves.
Next, they will be guided through specific steps they can take to translate their vision into action—and results. The Guide provides strategies and techniques for developing opportunities in the seven ways one can work differently. Along the way, The Guide will show how to make the transition a joint venture, making sure that communication with spouse or partner becomes a positive for both people. They’ll explore where to find the best financial and health advice, too, how to fight age discrimination, when to look for a seat on a corporate board, and who to talk to about making angel investing pay off.
Make no mistake. Learning to work differently may be hard work. Each person needs the vision to imagine something new, and the time, energy, and courage to explore it.
But think of the rewards: more freedom and greater control of time, new options and new possibilities, and the exhilaration that comes from making those options and possibilities real.
If you are interested in learning more about The Guide to Working Differently and the seven ways of working differently, please contact us at info@workingdifferently.com.