Leadership and leadership character is poor globally. Many should not be allowed to run a bath, never mind run a country or an organisation.
I wonder if there is a different way to change the world for good? Not through quotas, barricades, marches, destruction and even policiy, but through the women of wisdom in the 3rd3rd phase of life, who peacefully together, and knowing our purpose, just pick up our skirts and get the job done to fix this broken world?Our collective 3rd3rd VOW (voices of wisdom) can transform the world for good, but we must do this with a commitment to goodness, character, allyship and courage.
- The 100-year life is reality… the 3rd3rd is an untapped pool of energised talent, so why is it that older women get put on the scrapheap, whilst older men appear to get put in charge?
- In Super-Aged Britain (where there are more older workers than young), many Organisations in their war for talent still show bias towards the young, and so do their recruitment algorithms.
- Gig culture is rising in young people and in women over 55 – people in these groups are regarding career and work differently.
- Purpose trumps other lifestyle changes in the longevity stakes – People over 60 with purpose & meaning live longer
- More women-owned companies were started during and since the pandemic by women over 55
- UK is one of the best places for entrepreneurs, but still only 2% of investment is in women-owned business (Rose Report & The Gender Index)
- Organisations need to build strong networks of people whose demographic is age diverse and understand how each of the 3rds like to work and where flexibility, wisdom, and energy can be leveraged.
- Work is a thing you do, not a place you go anymore, and loyalty is to self-managed career, not a traditional employee lifecycle (ELC), is rising
- Recruitment of freelancers, contractors, professional Coaches and Mentors, expert advisors, and people consultants for projects and programmes of work should be part of an organisation’s recruitment & talent management, not led by procurement in traditional ways. Procurement Systems are exclusive, cumbersome, and not fit for purpose for most short-term or people talent purchases.
- Loneliness is critical issue particularly for our young men and many older people
- Change is urgent for the wellbeing of humanity, and our planet.
- Character is urgent for the wellbeing of all – now and in future.
With women of the 3rd3rd it is my vision that we will together build a community of like-minded, wise women who will succeed to leave a legacy and create a lineage of hope, and role models for future generations entering, existing in, and exiting their own thirds. We will aspire to be great in our fields of interest, and together make our mark on creating a better world for mother earth and all of its living beings.
I read recently, that the person has already been born who is likely to live to 150. That person may live in fifths, not thirds. I wonder if they will see parity? We owe it to them and others born since, to create a world of vitality and value at all stages of living. If we continue down this current path, we will never change the world for future generations and the planet. The patriarchy that dictates how we should be, look, live, work, behave, believe and wither, will sustain, and in some corners destroy. We must make change happen for the futures that we will not be a part of.
I am not being scrapped, I am also not living life at a Snail’s pace; I am wise woman and I deserve to make a difference for my daughters, granddaughters, grandsons, and yours too.