http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz en-nz Partners in Change 30 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/398008 Topics include * New Zealand's ageing workforce * The future of talent management * Productivity and participation in Australia 21st century career fitness * Do you know your business risk? 053, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/398008 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/385645 The October edition of Staying In Touch is now available. Topics * What is Staying On? * Who are we? * Website launches in New Zealand and Australia * Staying On now has a presence in Australia * Meeting at Career Crossroads * Reflections on Australia * Staying On is not just about age * Keep up to date with new developments * Upcoming Events 043, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/385645 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/372326 I am pleased to be able to announce the launch of Staying On. 033, 9 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/372326 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/352259 Welcome to the Partners in Change May newsletter. My intention had been to send a newsletter in February but events in Christchurch changed all that. As you will see below we have had other priorities since. I trust you find this newsletter interesting. In this newsletter, Facing up to one of the biggest workforce challenges, Engage your Stakeholders for Success, The world of continuing professional development is changing, Post quake changes. 020, 9 May 2011 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/352259 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/324290 Welcome to our November newsletter, almost the end of another year and a rather shaky last quarter for those of us who live in Christchurch. In this Newsletter Knowledge Cafes and TEDx what do they have in common. 2011 a significant year coming up for the boomers. Engaging your stakeholders, more important than ever. Workshops 2011. Recent Reading. 048, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/324290 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312299 The saying that a crisis can bring new opportunities is so true. While the assertion that the Chinese character for crisis is a combination of danger and opportunity is now largely discredited, the sentiment remains true. We all know from personal experience that a crisis in our lives can unsettle us, disrupt the normal patterns and for a period leave us open to new opportunities and possibilities. 040, 2 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312299 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312297 “I am not at all strategic”. The words of a colleague when I asked him about the direction his organisation was planning to take. I pondered, was it acceptable for him, as the Executive Director of an organisation, to dismiss my genuine inquiry? Yet on the other hand did he have the strategic thinking skills and the knowledge and frameworks to be strategic? 024, 8 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312297 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312110 Facing redundancy last year my employer at the time did the right thing, offered assistance in CV writing, job search and interviewing skills. What I really needed was the opportunity to rethink my career. The realisation was that when facing such a dramatic change what I really needed was a chance to rethink what it was I really wanted to do and contribute. Fortunately my employer responded. Since then I have met many people who are stuck in their careers and want to rethink 010, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312110 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312109 I got chatting to a retired person yesterday and he told me how he had got turned on to university learning in his later years after a trip to Santorini and reading Greek history. He subsequently started studying art history, medieval history, the classics etc, a course a semester. With the changes happening in our universities he said no longer feels welcome. "It is not for me, I no longer contribute to the economy". Is this what education for all is coming to! 006, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312109 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312108 I was asked to speak with a group of 16 Vice Chancellors from Yunnan Province in China. Such was the interest in the first topic- Stakeholder Engagement I ended up having a highly stimulating 2 hour lecture and discussion. This continued the next night at the banquet. They had many questions. The main issues were how to develop relationships with industry and what they called "society" and how to ensure their courses were relevant to industry when curricula was determined centrally 006, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.partnersinchange.co.nz/webapps/i/87336/209196/312108