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Many organisations are facing the dilemma of how to best support and engage employees through a longer career span. Over 80% of employees over 50 are worried or anxious about their future because they have no idea what to do next. We're changing that whilst improving engagement, lowering recruitment costs and reducing unwanted attrition.
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Over half of employees over 50 leave organisations prematurely - at a cost of £30K per head.
Ageism is rife. Signal your organisation as a leader not a follower.
Roughly 1/3rd employees are coasting. This growing talent pool needs investment
How you treat employees matters. Give them the best whilst giving back to society.
53% of employees want to make changes to their work, and Covid-19 has accelerated this.
Let's help you get ready.
With longevity increasing, people have to work for longer but...
Our supporters provide valuable input into our work, in the form of sharing employee insights, specific research, collaboration on pilots, and commitment from senior leaders. We are proud to share the organisations who are helping shape the new career deal.
If you are interested in supporting the work of Brave Starts or want to learn more about us, please get in touch below and we will provide you with a corporate brochure with our value proposition.
Co Founder
Tech Lead
Harris is a tech and product guy at heart - with 10 years experience across Financial Services and Property Industries - such as Fitch Ratings, Lloyds Commercial Bank, and CBRE. He is also Product Officer of an innovative health tech hearing company. His passion for helping people is what drew into the Brave Starts concept.
Co Founder
Editor and Comms
Anna Streule is our Editor and Comms guru! Relocated from Switzerland where she was editor of an online magazine. She brings a variety of experiences across management consulting, personal training, and teaching - the ultimate career changer! Her passion is supporting people like her who are looking for their next big change!
Co Founder
Strategy and Partnerships
Lucy is a psychologist and Vice Chair of the Association for Business Psychology. She was previously Global Head of Recruitment in the Investment Bank and Strategy Consulting sectors across JP Morgan and LEK consulting. Brave Starts is a result of people passionately joining together to try and help companies supporting their employees to work and age better.
We worked with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to support their ageing workforce think about their career development opportunities.
FSCS are a progressive employer of choice and are leading the way, having won multiple awards for being the leading investors in people.
David Blackburn, Chief People Officer, has championed this work at the FSCS and is supportive of the work we are doing at Brave Starts.
Through us, we have enabled their employees to work on passions outside of their core work, to enable them to lead fuller longer working lives.
Driven to make a meaningful difference to your employees
Career opportunity is the biggest motivator for any age group.
We offer significantly better value than other similar services
Supporting your employees on the next steps in their careers
8 hours of group coaching using a proven structure
£1,650 per Cohort member
Tailored to your organisations needs
Our Brave Starts programme with:
£2,550 per Cohort member
"If we aren't offering a job for life, then we should be supporting employees with help and guidance towards their next role.
I want everyone at FSCS to enjoy and love their work.
We recruit and support those coming in at 50+ but likewise, we support those who are ready for a change and want to leave.
If their career is best served outside - why not support that?
- David Blackburn - Chief People Officer. Multi award winning Age Positive champion
Ex-Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Ex Equalities Minister. Visiting Professor Cranfield School of Management. Expert insight into policy work, government, and politics.
Award winning Executive Coach, shortlisted for Best Coach. Awarded MBE 2017 for her work with women in business. Provides those thinking of coaching with insights and feedback.
Managing Director, Blue Ventures. The largest UK NGO supporting Marine conservation. Managing a team of 400+ helping identify how to distribute over £400 million globally.
On January 21st at 12.30, we are inviting a small group of HRD's and those shaping employee experiences to meet and discuss with Philippa.
We will be discussing how they can structure and develop and approach which better supports the future of how employees will be working.
If you would like to join the discussion, please email us your details and we'll be in touch.