EML was set up to help clients understand the implications of living longer. For businesses it is all about the emerging opportunities (and perils) of operating in a world where the ‘fixed’ fundamentals are changing. For individuals it is much more personal, its about how their world is changing and they must re-set their expectations […]
Q – How do you eat an elephant? A – A bit at a time. This equally applies to coaching – particularly the way that we do it. At EML we take a holistic approach to coaching at every level, and that can result in a raft of actions across all areas of life. The […]
There are real differences between a workplace and home environment. Workplaces are all about ‘efficiency’ and ‘functionality’ while at home we try to create comfortable environments and surrounding ourselves with treasured possessions. We talk about turning a ‘house’ (functional) into a ‘home’ (comfortable) – what is important are the memories we associate with the space. […]
Underlying much of EML’s work is the astonishing fact that global human life expectancy has increased by 50% in just 50 years. Today we share the world with five generations – each with a different perspective on the meaning of later life. Today’s octogenarians are the Surprised generation. Growing up between the wars they didn’t […]
EML’s perspective on later life differs from others in that we take a holistic view of a client’s future and in doing so we help them find their own answers to the question ‘Why?’ All too often you find are fobbed off with the glib answer ‘because it’s a good thing’ – but who for?! […]
There are diverse opinions on the fortunes of the Sandwich Generation. Those at the “hard done by’ end of the spectrum speak of being too young to enjoy the swinging sixties, enduring the AIDs epidemic rather than Free Love, facing recession rather than Big Bang, paying for rampant house price inflation rather than benefiting and […]
At University I studied business with a particular interest in entrepreneurs. I loved to hear their stories – the journey they followed to create their business empires. One comment I heard frequently was that these people already knew the business results long before the accountants had finished adding up the numbers. Asked how and the […]
Telling people that we are all living longer is fraught with dangers. I have no special insight and am not being specific, I’m simply playing the odds. By looking at the big picture I can be certain that the 70+ age group is the world’s fastest growing segment – what I can’t say with certainty is who […]
When working with private clients I am privileged to be allowed an insight to their personal finances. I’m not talking about investment strategies or tax planning – that is the preserve of professional financial advisers – what I focus on are the basics – income, expenditure and assets. I am regularly surprised by just how […]
Living longer has been throwing up challenges for HR professionals for many years and will continue to do so for many years to come. Unaffordable defined benefit retirement plans were an early casualty; increases in State pension age continue with age 75 being the latest prospect for anyone born after 1961. In parallel the changing […]