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What impact will abolishing the compulsory retirement age have?

"What you have to know about this session is that I am me and I am not going to change". That was the opening line of a coaching session I recently undertook. I was sitting in front of a Swiss-German senior vice president with whom I had spent the previous two and a half days (and his team) and I could see by the look in his eyes that he meant it.

"I mean, it's a bit late to try and change who I am isn't it? I’m 59 - considering how much time I've really got left here, I just want to do the best job I can and go home to my wife and see the grandchildren as often as I can without annoying my son-in-law too much."

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September 1, 2010

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