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March 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

Living a full life as we age

There has never been a better time. Globally the population is ageing. By 2025 there will be an estimated 1.25 billion people over the age of 60. Annually the number of centenarians is growing. Although there is no way of knowing how long we are going to live, with dramatic improvements in health care and notable increases in life expectancy, there is a good chance that many of us will live to 90 and beyond – a lot longer than our predecessors. Increased longevity provides us with so many opportunities, so why does society have such a pernicious view of ageing?  Let’s face it, many of us struggle with the reality of growing older. Few of us look forward to being 50, 60, 70 or 80 years of age. Nevertheless, ageing is inevitable. Whilst we have no control over our chronological age, if we proactively take care of our physical and mental wellbeing, we can influence our biological age. The chances of living a full, healthy, enjoyable life are higher than ever, when we make good lifestyle choices to maximise the benefits and minimise the drawbacks of getting older. While it is appreciated that we are all wired differently, how we age and how we feel about it influences our lifestyle choices.

Increased longevity offers so many opportunities. What choices are you making?

Looking for an inspirational speaker on Age and Opportunity? Contact me kiaora@angelarobertson.nz

 

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October 1, 2019 Leave a Comment

Life is a gift – What’s next for you?

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October 1, 2019 Leave a Comment

Celebrating International Day of Older Persons 1 October 2019

There has never been a better time. Globally the population is ageing. By 2025 it is estimated there will be 1.25 billion people over the age of 60. Centenarians, Semi-supercentenarians (105-109 years) and Supercentenarians (aged 110 +) are growing in numbers. By 2050 an incredible 2 billion people will be over 60.

Surveys suggest people in this age group are happier and healthier than the preceding generation. We are more informed than previous generations and can make lifestyle choices. We have an advantage no previous generation in history has had. We have a duty to age as well as we can. It’s a cause for celebration. Do not regret growing older. It’s a privilege denied to many. As Mark Twain said “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter”.

Mid-life and beyond is a time for reflection, revisioning, and reigniting our lives. How do you want to spend the rest of your life – your remaining years? Making life happen – living a fantastic, fulfilling life, on your own terms with no regrets – or letting life happen?

Want an opportunity to explore what’s next for you? Contact me for free no obligation information.

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May 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

Secrets of High Performing Teams

Forming a new team? Looking for ways to work more collaboratively together?
Want to take your Team’s development and performance to the next level?
To help prioritise your investment in your Team’s development consider the following:

1. Is there unity of purpose?
2. Are your Team’s goals are shared, meaningful and measurable?
3. Is there a mutually agreed upon approach as to how your Team functions?
4. Can your Team clearly articulate your Team’s shared Values, norms and expectations?
5. Is the atmosphere collaborative, respectful and constructive?
6. Do Team members trust one another?
7. Are your Team’s ideas for continuous improvement explored?
8. Does everyone know their own unique strengths and apply them on a day-to-day basis?
9. Do your Team members know and appreciate each other’s unique strengths and understand how they differ from their own?
10. Does the Team collaborate to leverage their collective strengths to achieve shared goals?
11. Are the Team’s strengths developed and maximised for best results?
12. Are Team members committed, carry their fair share, accountable and feel valued?
13. Are disagreements and real issues examined and resolved?
14. Does your Team celebrate success regularly?

Do you want more information on how best to develop your team to get the results you want to achieve? If so, let’s talk:

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February 3, 2019 Leave a Comment

Affordable Community Education Opportunities

I believe everyone potential to achieve their goals and aspirations and truly flourish. Sadly, few people recognise their own potential, and know how to develop it and without realising it may settle for less that they had hoped for. Often this insight occurs when we make a life or work transition. It’s when we take stock of our situation, contemplate the future and question ‘What’s Next?’

As a proud supporter of community education, I offered 2 affordable courses for adults at Tawa College. If you missed out – don’t worry, help is at hand. Reach out and we’ll get started.

Discover Your Strengths
Everyone has innate talents. Do you know what yours are – or are you focusing on your weaknesses? Join us to discover your strengths and learn how to develop and leverage them to your advantage. By focusing on what you do best you’ll gain confidence, achieve more, have more positive interactions with others, and experience a more productive and fulfilling life.

New Year – Fresh Start
What do you want to achieve in 2019 and beyond? Do you have a workable plan, or do you let life happen? This practical course is for those who want to take charge of their lives and are willing to make the effort to make it happen. You will explore the possibilities, clarify what you want, set seriously fabulous goals, and develop an action plan to accomplish them.

“Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it” – Wayne Dyer

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December 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

Are you forming a new team, or looking for new ways of working collaboratively?

Wanting to take your team from good to great?

Research shows that managers who create environments where their staff can make the most of their innate talents on a daily basis and apply strengths-based management practices have:

  • more productive work units
  • less staff turnover
  • increased employee engagement, and
  • greater profitability.

Significant gains can be observed by individuals and teams that invest in their own strength’s development and feedback. Managers who know and intentionally apply their own strengths, recognise that everyone is wired differently. Managers who genuinely seek to discover the unique strengths of each team member, and consistently leads, manages and develops them, will optimise the individual and the collective potential of their team and spur them on to greater performance.

Team members who know and understand their own strengths find it is easier to engage in facilitated conversations and appreciate the strengths and the perspectives that their colleagues have as they have a common language to describe their talents.

Successful teams seek ways on how they can leverage their strengths by identifying complementary talents, collaborate rather than compete, have more positive than negative interactions with co-workers, treat customers better, and tell their friends they enjoy their work and their workplace – they have a sense of belonging and greater commitment.

Strengths-based development programmes are based on the principles of Positive Psychology – the scientific study of optimal human functioning. Successful strength-based development results in positive outcomes when this is supported with strengths-based management practices.

If you would like to stand out from the crowd, excel as a Manager and take your team’s development and performance to the next level, contact me to find out more.

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November 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Are you capitalising on your talents to create the life you want?

Everyone has innate talents, but unfortunately most of us have little sense of what they are, and how to develop and leverage them to our advantage.

Instead we spend much of our lives focusing on our weaknesses, often feeling inadequate, and wasting time trying to remedy these shortcomings misguidedly believing we can be competent in just about anything. Consequently, our talents lie dormant.

We gain far more positive outcomes when:

  • we build and capitalise on our talents
  • optimise our potential to enrich the quality of our lives
  • work and fulfil our own goals and aspirations.

The key to success is to take a strengths-based approach to fully understand, develop and leverage our natural talents in our everyday lives.

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November 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

A 21st Century Strategic Workforce Plan: does your organisation have one?

Strategic workforce planning is a core business process that aligns the People Strategy with the future needs of the business.

A contemporary workforce plan considers the context, the current and future profiles of the workforce, identifies potential challenges and opportunities, ascertains the capabilities and the culture required for the business to thrive, sets the priorities and develops strategies for managing them.

This work enables proactive business decisions.

All too often the focus is on the imminent operational needs of the business – the urgent. Although workplaces collect data on the composition of their workforce, there is little strategic workforce planning, talent management, and creation of opportunities for encore careers for older workers – an unprecedented growing proportion of the workforce.

“The best way to build the best workforce is to focus on the largest talent pool you have” – Mary Dillon

In the 21st Century the prospect of living a long, healthy and productive life is a reality. World-wide the population is ageing; centenarians are growing in numbers, as are Semi-Supercentenarians (those aged and 105-109 years) and Supercentenarians (those age 110 plus).

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November 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Reframing and embracing change

The constant in life is change.

Change can be BIG – life altering events that rock your world, or small – the changes we encounter day-to-day. For example, cancelled appointments, urgent tasks that popped up unexpectedly, traffic detours, a child that forgets their school bag, a friend can’t meet you as planned for lunch – the unexpected happens and plans need to be rearranged.

Change, BIG or small is inevitable and unavoidable. We all experience change in our lives which can be physical, environmental, changes in our relationships with our family and friends, and changes in our work and workplace.

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past and the present are certain to miss the future – John F. Kennedy

Depending on your situation, how the change was initiated – whether you actively instigated the change, or whether the change was someone else’s decision, will influence how you deal with it.

Regardless of the circumstances BIG change can be both daunting and exciting so it’s important to discover ways to roll with it.

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November 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Everyone has the potential to achieve

I believe everyone has the potential to achieve their goals and aspirations and truly flourish. It’s the most wonderful thing in the world to inspire people to capitalise on their strengths, apply them to new challenges and see them shine.

Sadly, few of us recognise our own potential, are unsure of how to develop it to our best advantage, and without realising it settle for less than we had hoped for. Often this insight occurs when we make a transition in our life or work. It’s when we take stock of our situation, contemplate the future and question ‘What’s Next?’

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