Retirement planning

With the stock market down, many pension funds are in trouble, and employees and fund managers are scared. Companies should have realized—and had better learn—that they can never get ahead by putting retirement funds in stocks.

It's a shift that many companies will need to make in the coming years.

Companies can make small changes that could dramatically increase retirement readiness.

Start with pay flexibility, budget management support, and retirement planning.

Most CEOs and most board members manage the CEO’s succession well. In many companies, CEOs are bound by tradition or policy to step down at a certain age, and plan accordingly. Many have enough vision and insight to overcome any momentary desire to stay on, and indeed take pleasure in training and developing the next […]

Economic hardship is making some companies reconsider their contributions.

I have a fair number of circular discussions with people these days. Study after study has concluded that Boomers don’t have enough money saved for retirement, particularly given the long lives that most will lead. So, I get asked repeatedly, “Don’t Boomers have to work?” Well, in fact most want to work. “But, really, don’t […]

Decision by ‘consensus,’ lifetime employment, continuous training, and the godfather system suggest ways to solve U.S. problems

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Working an extra year decreases mortality rates by 11%, a new analysis shows.

Critics charge that in today's heavily traded capital markets, executives are increasingly incentivized to manage in tiny, short-term windows, with an...

Post-career life has changed, and it demands a new approach.

The “search fund” model is particularly well suited to our demographic moment.

Choosing the company's next leader is one of the most crucial decisions a board makes. Yet directors, incumbents, and incoming leaders routinely underestimate...

Businesses today face serious talent gaps. The share of companies reporting staffing shortages is at an all-time high: 77%. Last fall the United States...

Having a medley of part-time roles sounds great, but it can be a hard transition.

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As many Baby Booms approach so-called retirement age, they are somewhat anxious about what's next. Their concerns are less financial than identity- and...