The Well Informed Newsletter

Welcome to our latest issue of the?Well Informed, where we share our latest news, workplace mental health and wellbeing research, and fresh inspiration to support you and your team to live and work well.

This month?we've been looking at the rising importance of older workers. In unpacking an ageing workforce,?we acknowledge?that late career and retirement differs for everyone. For many people, the psychosocial factors might include stress, a change in values, caring for ageing parents, or health-related issues such as menopause.? ?

Take a read of our latest content, including the 'unretirement' phenomenon and a how-to for leaders managing four (and up to five) generations in the workforce:

Is your workplace ageing workforce ready??

With only 8% of Diversity and Inclusion strategies including ageing, is your workplace doing all it can to be ageing workforce ready??Does your organisation see older people as an asset or a liability? How do you engage and support a multigenerational workforce?

If you’re not sure where to start, our free Maturity of Practice Quiz (MPQ) is a great first step - Maturity of Practice Quiz | AWR (awrproject.com.au)

If you want to take a deeper dive, our Maturity of Practice Index (MPI) offers a unique mix of psychological, legal and business-focused perspectives to help support ageing and age-diverse workforces. Using our 4R Framework (Roadmap, Recruitment, Retention and Retirement) we bring together information from a review of internal policies and procedure documents, focus groups and interviews with key stakeholders, and tailored insights from the research literature. The resulting report will include recommendations that allow you to proactively support an ageing workforce.?

Identifying psychosocial risks in late career

As part of spotlighting the retirement transition, our Head of Consulting and Insights, Rachael Palmer shared?her tips on identifying psychosocial risks in the late career phase.?

Our Programs to Support Late Career and Retirement

Retirement Transition Coaching?

Our coaching program is evidence-based and facilitated by leading workplace psychologists. Consisting of five hours of individual coaching and the option of a facilitated meeting between the employee and their manager, the program provides the tools and resources proven to maximise transition success.

Managing an Ageing Workforce?

People’s managers play an important role in supporting people to identify their late career goals and navigate their transition to retirement. This series of training modules raises awareness amongst managers and contributes to an organisational culture that values age diversity.

Late Career and Retirement Seminars

Working Well Retiring Well:?Moving beyond the traditional financial and physical health considerations, this session explores ways to maximise wellbeing in the lead up to retirement and after you stop working. A number of practical strategies and resources to support the transition will also be discussed.

Designing Your Late(r) Career:?In light of the changing landscape of retirement and the reframing of modern ageing, there is an opportunity for those in their 40s and 50s to intentionally design their late career even when the future is unknown. Aiming to bridge this gap, this session applies Design Thinking principles to planning our late career in a way that is flexible and adaptable and allows us to respond purposefully as things change.

Maturity of Practice Index (MPI)?

Our MPI offers a unique mix of psychological, legal, and business-focused perspectives to help build effective policies and procedures that support ageing and age-diverse workforces.?

Looking for something else?

Our?learning catalogue?offers an easy-to-read guide on all our available workshops and webinars.?

Free resource

As the population ages, many older workers look forward to their late career and retirement, however each experience can be different and there are a range of mental health risks that employers need to be aware of, and consider in their practices.?

This free resource, developed in partnership with the National Mental Health Commission,?provides much-needed guidance for employers with?late career and retirement?transitions.?

This month's thought-provoking content?

Here are pieces from Women's Agenda , HRM Online , The Sydney Morning Herald , and Forbes that sparked some great conversation with our team this month.

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