New video project: Your input requested

Got a minute? I’d like to get your input for a new project I’m developing: a series of free, short videos about retirement that will be publicly available online. It will address questions that lawyers and other professionals have asked me over the last few years about preparing for, transitioning into, and improving retirement. It will also deal with issues that law firms have asked about how to discuss retirement, support lawyers who decide to retire, and manage partner succession and client transitions.

I would welcome your responses to brief survey that you can access here. It should take you no more than a minute. It asks you to check off topics you would like to hear about and to add any others that interest you. There are 2 sets of topics – one for people thinking about their own retirement, the other for people who lead, manage or support retiring partners. You may answer either or both sets.

If you would like to discuss any of the questions in greater depth, or if you would like me to call you to discuss my retirement book, course, or services, please contact me.

Collaboration is a hallmark of design thinking, which is at the heart of my book and e-course, Retirement by Design. Thank you for taking a moment to collaborate with me in creating my Retirement by Design video series.

Additional news: Recent Publications

Three Questions for Ida O. Abbott, Author of Retirement by Design: A Guided Workbook for Creating a Happy and Purposeful Future
Bruce Rosenstein, who focuses on leadership and self-development, featured me on his blog. His questions dealt with aging and the concept of retirement, how being a lawyer has informed my work, and how my focus on retirement has affected my work on mentoring.

Career Development and Mentoring for Young Lawyers in Croatia – Recent Findings and Pandemic Implications
I was privileged to work in Croatia with CEPOR, an Entrepreneurship Policy Center, on a project sponsored by the US Embassy to Croatia. We looked at lawyers’ career concerns from law school through retirement, with an emphasis on early career development and mentoring. The research report about that work has been published and is available here.