New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley is the hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand. In Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder he shares his unexpected journey at midlife — from CEO to intern — learning about technology as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, while also mentoring CEO Brian Chesky. Chip is the founder of the Modern Elder Academy, where a new roadmap for midlife is offered at a beautiful oceanfront campus in Baja California Sur, Mexico. He serves on the board of Encore.org and the advisory board for the Stanford Center for Longevity. www.ChipConley.com
Loran Nordgren is a Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management. His research considers the basic psychological processes that guide how we think and act. The overarching goal of his work is to advance psychological theory and to use theory-driven insights to develop decision strategies, structured interventions, and policy recommendations that improve decision-making and well-being. Professor Nordgren's research has been published in leading journals such as Science and has been widely discussed in prominent forums such as the New York Times, The Economist, and the Harvard Business Review. In recognition of his work, Professor Nordgren has received the Theoretical Innovation Award in experimental psychology. A former Fulbright scholar, he has twice received Kellogg’s Management Teacher of the Year award and is a five-time recipient of Kellogg’s Teaching Impact award. Loran was recognized as one of Poets & Quants’ 40 under 40 business school professors and a Thinkers 50 radar award recipient. As a practitioner, Loran has worked with companies throughout the world on a wide-range of behavior change problems, a process he calls Behavioral Design. Loran’s first book The Human Element: overcoming the resistance that awaits new ideas spent multiple weeks on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list.
Kerry Hannon is a workplace futurist and a leading strategist on career management, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and retirement. She is a frequent TV, podcast, and radio commentator and is a sought-after keynote speaker at conferences. Kerry is currently a senior columnist and on-air expert at Yahoo! Finance. Kerry is the bestselling and award-winning author of 14 books, including her new book, In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work.
Kerry lives in Washington, DC, Boston and Virginia, with her husband, documentary producer and editor Cliff Hackel, and her Labrador retriever, Elmore “Elly.” Follow Kerry on Twitter @KerryHannon, visit her website at KerryHannon.com, and check out her LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/kerryhannon.
Rich Eisenberg "unretired" from his job as Managing Editor and Editor of the Money & Policy and Work & Purpose channels of the PBS site for people 50+, Next Avenue, in January 2022. He currently writes The View From Unretirement column for MarketWatch and freelances for Next Avenue as well as other media outlets. He is also co-host of the Friends Talk Money podcast, for people 50+, with Terry Savage and Pam Krueger. He is author of The Money Book of Personal Finance and How To Avoid a Midlife Financial Crisis.
Robert Laura literally wrote the book on Retirement Coaching. He is a pioneer in the psychology and social science of retirement planning. He is a four-time best-selling author, nationally syndicated columnist and recognized presenter at retirement conferences across the country. His work has reached millions of retirement readers through seven books, twelve guides, and over 800 articles. In addition to his own writings, he frequently appears in major business media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNBC, MarketWatch, the New York Times, and more. As a former social worker turned money manager and author, he has found that retirement is among the most fascinating, yet least understood, phases of life. As a result, he has developed a powerful message to tackle the mental, social, physical, spiritual, and financial aspects of retirement. All of his work reflects his ground-breaking efforts to challenge the status quo of traditional retirement planning and help people create a No-Regrets Retirement Plan! He has a garnered a unique look at wealth and retirement by not only working closely with his own clients for the last twenty years, but also by interviewing numerous celebrities, entertainers, and athletes including Pastor Rick Warren, Deion Sanders, Gymnast Shannon Miller, HGTV’s the Property Brothers, Pawn Star Rick Harrison, Cheech & Chong, and more.
Jeff is the President and CEO (Chief Evagelist Officer) of Age of Majority, a consultancy that he launched in October, 2017. He is the last of the Baby Boomers with over 30 years of marketing experience on both the client and agency sides of the business. Prior to starting Age of Majority, Jeff led Harbinger out of their Toronto office - a PR agency that is focused primarily on launching brands and marketing to women.
Over the years, Jeff has witnessed the dramatic changes of the aging population. In his experience of working for and with major brands including Pepsi, Gillette, Dannon, KitchenAid and Unilever, he understands why corporations are missing the boat on the over 55 crowd and he knows what’s necessary to take advantage of this largest and fastest growing segment in business
Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is a retired therapist and coauthor of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow and author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Life of Sufi Poet Rumi. Her new bestselling book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, extends her work on the Shadow into midlife and beyond and explores aging as a spiritual practice. It won the 2022 Gold Nautilus award, the 2021 American Book Fest Award, and the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for best inspirational non-fiction. Connie has been doing contemplative practices for more than 50 years. She is a wife, stepmother, and grandmother. After all these roles, she’s practicing the shift from role to soul.
Kathi Balasek, MA is an educator, grief literacy communication coach, university lecturer, speaker, podcast host, and widow advocate. She trains professionals how to improve their grief literacy communication skills to engage, support and retain clients going through life's most difficult transitions. Whether it is the surviving spouse, the family members or a serious health diagnosis, these conversations are pivotal in knowing exactly what to ask, say, and not say. Experiencing the financial uniqueness of widowhood first hand, she learned that the relationship between professionals and bereaved clients is pivotal. Combining her 25 years of teaching, coaching, research and personal experience, she created Grief Smart Professional as a tool to help professionals create a grief inclusive company environment.
Tracy is an actress, songwriter and professor in the performing arts department at Washtenaw Community College. She has been teaching for over two-decades and has spent her entire life on the stage. When she’s not in the “classroom” Tracy is busy creating and writing curriculum for her department. Two of her most prized courses include Theatre Appreciation, where all kinds of genres are explored and The Art of Improv. Tracy lives in Ann Arbor, Mi with her family where they enjoy being active in their community and advocating for those who voices go unheard.
Eric J. Weigel is the founder of Retire With Possibilities an advisory and retirement coaching firm dedicated to helping people consciously design their own journey into retirement in all aspects -financial as well as non-financial – affecting the quality of their post-career experience. Eric is also the founder of Global Focus Capital, a capital markets and consulting firm focused on sustainable, long term investing approaches.
Eric cherishes his time with his wife, three adult children and two grandkids. In his spare time he enjoys playing tennis, gardening, and escaping the New England winters exploring possible retirement abroad locations.
Pete Finlon is a graduate of the University of Washington. After growing up in a military family Pete returned home to his Seattle roots to attend the U of W. Upon graduation Pete, himself joined the Marine Corps as a lieutenant and began his career in Healthcare. His various positions and responsibilities took him all over the United States. In early 2015 Pete, found an interesting article on retirement coaching. Utilizing a non-financial approach and clinical assessments Pete combines his insight with the client’s retirement and financial needs to help create a path that provides the most reward for a person’s immediate and long range future. Pete currently works with several clients ranging from all occupations as well as financial advisors, real estate mangers and HR professionals. In addition, Pete provides a popular Coach the Coach program to help other coaches accelerate their practices. Pete and his wife of 35 years live in the Sammamish, WA. area.
For author Beau Henderson the words "Rich Life" take on a special meaning. These two words are the hallmark of his company, The RichLife Group, of The RichLife Show airing weekly in national syndication on radio, and of his most recent best selling book The RichLife - Ten Investments for True Wealth. Henderson is a master certified success coach, author, radio host and financial advisor. He has helped more than 3,000 families to discover their true relationship with money and equipped them to live a healthy, wealthy, fulfilled life on purpose. The new release of The RichLife -Ten Investments for True Wealth can be found at www.richlifebook.com.
A ”retired” Human Resources and Organizational Development leader with over 30 years of experience, Mary has always been passionate about developing human potential and facilitating change within organizations and with individuals. She has provided expertise in the areas of talent management, leadership development, group facilitation, and change management. She has worked in Montreal, Canada within the transportation, telecommunications, and financial services sectors and in the Middle East for the engineering professional services and oil and gas industries.
A life long learner with a contagious zest for life, she views her Retirement Coaching practice as a continuation of a life long passion for helping people develop their potential. She is convinced that in retirement, ”the best is yet to be”!
Mary holds a BA in languages and education and an MBA. She is an accredited member of the International Coaching Federation and is a certified Retirement Coach with Retirement Options. She holds certifications in Change Management, Solutions Focused Coaching, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Applied Positive Psychology.
A “retired” Human Resources and Organizational Development leader with over 40 years of experience, Jeannette has always been a change agent in the field. Through her organizational savvy and entrepreneurial spirit she has initiated and implemented many best practices in organizational and leadership development, ensuring strategic business alignment. She has experience in dealing with a variety of business contexts within a wide range of industries. She also has experience in Corporate Governance having been a Board member in a non-profit organization and a financial services organization.
Jeannette is engaged to support and help individuals to create a fulfilled retirement life generating happiness and well-being. Leveraging on her strong relationship building skills, her generosity and beauty appreciation, Jeannette instills positivity through her coaching practice.
Jeannette has recently completed the Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology from the Flourishing Centre and is a Certified Retirement Coach with Retirement Options. She holds a BA in Psychology, a Management Diploma and a Corporate Governance Diploma.
Closing the Gap with Your Future Self By: Eric Weigel
Whether for yourself or your clients the Future Self is the person you want to become and the type of life you want to lead. It's basically your vision of your future.
Building a Trust Folder for Your Coaching Business
Presented by Robert Laura, Pete Finlon and Beau Henderson.
This new and interactive training will help you develop your own “trust folder” for your practice. Providing you with practical steps that when put into action can help you grow your business.
Speed Mentoring
Enjoy a fast-paced interactive session where the RCA’s top Coaches answer your questions in a fun and untraditional format (two speed mentoring sessions will take place).
Rethinking Retirement : Mary Morency and Jeannette Lalonde
There is no “one size fits all” solution when it comes to retirement lifestyle planning. It involves curiosity, openness, and structured reflection to shift ones way of thinking so that they can make the choices that are right for them. RCA Members Mary Morency and Jeannette Lalonde will explain their Rethinking Retirement Framework which involves viewing this phase of life as a period of transition through the lens of four key areas: Contribution, Well-being, Connection and Purpose. Together they will share their experience in applying these principles long with reflection exercises in their coaching practice.
FranNet provides education and support to individuals who are interested in exploring self-employment as a career option through franchised business ownership. Our local consultants deliver expert advice and assistance through the franchise selection process at no cost to clients.
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The CPRC is the leading industry training! It provides the most ground breaking and innovating course work, coupled with time-tested and proven methods for helping people make a successful transition from work-life to home life.
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You might also find my latest guide valuable as well. Solving The Real Retirement Crisis highlights the need and opportunity for coaches as well as issues that individuals, couples and organizations are facing!
Overall, our program stands out from others in several ways. First, it is the Retirement Coaching industries only recognized designation. Other programs only offer a certificate of completion rather than an actual designation. Our CPRC letters can not only be placed after your name on business cards and emails but also used as a mark of credibility when meeting with clients or organizations.
Second, the program provides coach training. We use aspects of positive psychology, behavioral economics, and other framework tools to not only educate but also empower our students with the most up to date and useful information. Many other programs simply train you on an assessment or the use of other tools rather than actual coaching skills and techniques.
Another big differentiator is our marketing program and connection to a vibrant community. Our program includes a marketing platform to help you lauch your business and includes one year membership into the Retirement Coaches Association. No one else gives you anything even close to that, leaving you to figure it out on your own.
To help you understand and get a sense of what is included in our training we offer the first module for free. You can download it here
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FranNet provides education and support to individuals who are interested in exploring self-employment as a career option through franchised business ownership. Our local consultants deliver expert advice and assistance through the franchise selection process at no cost to clients.
WHO WE ARE
We are experienced, local franchise experts, consultants, and brokers that help match you to the perfect business opportunity to meet your goals..
WHAT WE DO
From providing you with business options that fit your goals to coaching you through your due diligence process, we help reduce the risk of starting your own business.
HOW WE DO IT
We put in the time and resources to help you make the right decision and maximize your odds of success in your new business.
Still, have questions? Contact us today to schedule a free consultation to discuss your goals and learn more about how franchise ownership can help you reach them email here or visit our website
You can also check out our Youtube channel here for some great business videos including:
Additional resources include our:
Too many retirees waste some of the best years of their life in retirement trying to figure it out on their own. But it doesn’t have to be that way! You can avoid common traps and misconceptions going from merely surviving and trying to figure it out, to full-on thriving through the advice of over a dozen top retirement experts.
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This dynamic and cutting-edge culmination of wisdom is exactly what new and existing retirees need to not only flourish in life after work, but also make it a time full of self-discovery, impact, and legacy; all key ingredients to Thrive Throughout Your Retirement!.
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Get ready to flourish in the new era of retirement as more than a dozen retirement experts share decades of experience to help you unleash your imagination and envision retirement like never before.
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It’s Time To Boldly Reset The Workforce Horizons Around Retirement
Finally, a book ahead of its time that recognizes the comprehensive needs of both the employer and employees in transition. This book affirms what both side want but struggling to find the right balance with.
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For the first time, The Retirement Coaches Association has brought together an elite group of retirement experts to help you unlock a compelling and purpose filled next chapter.
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Did you fall in love with working from home during the months of coronavirus restrictions? Is working in your pajamas appealing? Do you want to earn some income on the side?
In 2020, the workplace has been transformed and working from home has exploded. It may, in fact, be the new reality of working for many of us, some full-time, some as a hybrid work scenario.
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Until recently, you may have gone to an office that was uninspiring or chaotic, or spent a large part of your busy day responding to emails and working on computer–tasks that could easily be accomplished from home. You may have spent hours commuting each day.
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Great Pajama Jobs is your ultimate guide to finding a job where you can work remotely and advance your career while working in pajamas (or certainly something more comfortable than traditional work garb).
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