A recent conversation with my daughter-in-law and the birth of our first grandchild provided a point of reflection on where I am at in “What’s Next”. Perhaps my impending 60th birthday was an added impetus?
It’s been over three and a half years since my last day in the office. While I didn’t formally retire until 30 June 2015, I effectively retired from my firm at the end of March in that year.
So here’s my report card.
I haven’t missed the office for even one day! Continue reading
While I will have a little tidying up through April, this is the last week in the office of a firm I have worked at for over 20 years and in an environment that has consumed me for over37 years. Wow!
This is the last week for saying “I’ll see you during the week”. My formal client roles are pretty much all dealt with. I’ve attended my last partners meeting! It’s pretty much done.
All that’s left is to tidy up, have some final individual chat’s with my team and attend a couple of farewell events and then Friday night my career in professional services will be over.
This week is truly my last week of transition. After that it’s not transition, it’s actually “What’s Next”.
Time for riding, study, tutoring, travel and…
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I remember sitting at the beach house the Sunday after Adelaide narrowly lost the 2012 AFL Preliminary Final feeling quite unsettled. That feeling was not a product of the narrow loss but my continued reflection on my firm’s transition to retirement seminar, “Pinnacle”or as I refer to it, “God’s Waiting Room”, which we had attended a couple of weeks before.
I had also just finished reading, Herminia Ibarra’s “Working Identities” Continue reading